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CVE-2010-1986

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 1.56% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2010-05-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It affects Windows, Firefox, Java. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2010-1986
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
1.56%
Windows Firefox Java

Original NVD Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via JavaScript code that creates multiple arrays containing elements with long string values, and then appends long strings to the content of a P element, related to the gfxWindowsFontGroup::MakeTextRun function in xul.dll, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-1571.