CVE-2010-3765
Critical 9.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before 3.1.6 and 3.0.x before 3.0.10, and SeaMonkey 2.x before 2.0.10, when JavaScript is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to nsCSSFrameConstructor::ContentAppended, the appendChild method, incorrect index tracking, and the creation of multiple frames, which triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in October 2010 by the Belmoo malware.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.8 (CRITICAL)
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 83% (percentile: 100) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-119
Affected products
mozilla: firefox; mozilla: thunderbird; mozilla: seamonkey
References
- http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/10/26/critical-vulnerability-in-firefox-3… Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41761 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41965 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41966 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41969 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41975 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42003 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42008 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42043 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42867 Vendor Advisory