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CVE-2010-3179

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 10.12%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2010-10-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.3. It affects Firefox. Its EPSS score suggests a 10.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2010-3179
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
9.3
EPSS
10.12%
Firefox

Original NVD Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the text-rendering functionality in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a long argument to the document.write method.