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CVE-2010-0179


Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, when the XMLHttpRequestSpy module in the Firebug add-on is used, does not properly handle interaction between the XMLHttpRequestSpy object and chrome privileged objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript via a crafted HTTP response.


Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-0179 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from mozilla, from mozilla, from mozilla organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.


Published

2010-04-05T17:30:00.577

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.1 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: HIGH
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-94

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mozilla firefox ≤ 3.0.17 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.6.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.7 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.7.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.9 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.9 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.9.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.9.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.9.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.10 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 0.10.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.9 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.10 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.11 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.0.12 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.7 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 1.5.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.9 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.10 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.11 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.12 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.13 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.14 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.15 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.16 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.17 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.18 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.19 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 2.0.0.20 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.9 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.10 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.11 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.12 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.13 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.14 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.15 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.0.16 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.2 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.4 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.5 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.6 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 3.5.7 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird ≤ 3.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.2 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.3 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.4 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.5 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.6 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.7 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.7.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.7.2 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.7.3 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.8 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 0.9 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.0 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.9 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.10 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.11 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.12 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.13 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.14 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 1.5.2 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.0 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.9 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.12 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.14 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.16 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.17 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.18 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.19 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.21 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.22 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.23 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird 3.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey ≤ 2.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0.2 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0.3 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0.4 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0.5 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0.6 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0.7 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0.8 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.0.9 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.1 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.2 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.3 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.4 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.5 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.6 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.7 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.8 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.9 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.10 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.11 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.12 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.13 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.14 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.15 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.16 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.17 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.18 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 1.1.19 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey 2.0.1 Yes

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For mozilla's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.