| CVE ID | CVE-2010-3766 |
| CVSS SCORE | 9.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C |
| AFFECTED VENDORS |
Mozilla Firefox |
| AFFECTED PRODUCTS |
3.6.x |
| 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 or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the application's support of the NodeIterator API used for element traversal. Due to a particular element not implementing functionality required by the API, a use-after free vulnerability can be forced to occur. This can be used to achieve code execution under the context of the application. |
| 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/mfsa2010-80.html |
| DISCLOSURE TIMELINE |
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| CREDIT | regenrecht |
