| CVE ID | CVE-2010-0160 |
| CVSS SCORE | 10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| AFFECTED VENDORS |
Mozilla Firefox |
| AFFECTED PRODUCTS |
3.6.x |
| TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION | Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['9619']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com |
| VULNERABILITY DETAILS |
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Mozilla Firefox. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page. The specific flaw exists within the implementation of web worker threads. Due to mishandling the array data type while processing posted messages, a web worker thread can be made to corrupt heap memory. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the user running the browser. |
| ADDITIONAL DETAILS |
Mozilla Firefox has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-02.html |
| DISCLOSURE TIMELINE |
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| CREDIT | Orlando Barrera II, SecTheory |
