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CVE-2010-3777

HIGH · 9.3 CVSS v2.0 Published 2010-12-10
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x before 3.6.13 and Thunderbird 3.1.x before 3.1.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x before 3.6.13 and Thunderbird 3.1.x before 3.1.7 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service through memory corruption and application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

MitigationUpdate affected installations to Firefox 3.6.13+ or Thunderbird 3.1.7+ to patch the vulnerability.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
FirefoxWeb browser
Affected:= 3.6= 3.6.1= 3.6.2= 3.6.3= 3.6.4= 3.6.6= 3.6.7= 3.6.8= 3.6.9= 3.6.10= 3.6.11= 3.6.12
ThunderbirdApplication
Affected:= 3.1= 3.1.1= 3.1.2= 3.1.3= 3.1.4= 3.1.5= 3.1.6

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
M
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify installed Mozilla product
    Check if Firefox or Thunderbird is installed. On Windows, look in Program Files. On Linux, run 'which firefox' or 'which thunderbird'. On macOS, check /Applications for Firefox or Thunderbird.
    Affected if Either Firefox or Thunderbird is installed on the system
  2. Check Firefox version
    For Firefox: Open Help > About Firefox, or run 'firefox --version' from command line. Note the exact version number displayed.
    Affected if Firefox version is 3.6, 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 3.6.3, 3.6.4, 3.6.6, 3.6.7, 3.6.8, 3.6.9, 3.6.10, 3.6.11, or 3.6.12 (any 3.6.x version before 3.6.13)
  3. Check Thunderbird version
    For Thunderbird: Open Help > About Thunderbird, or run 'thunderbird --version' from command line. Note the exact version number displayed.
    Affected if Thunderbird version is 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.1.5, or 3.1.6 (any 3.1.x version before 3.1.7)

A user is affected if Firefox 3.6.x before 3.6.13 or Thunderbird 3.1.x before 3.1.7 is installed on their system, since the memory corruption vulnerability exists in all these versions regardless of configuration.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Update affected installations to Firefox 3.6.13+ or Thunderbird 3.1.7+ to patch the vulnerability.

Recommended fix High confidence

Firefox 3.6.13 or later / Thunderbird 3.1.7 or later (or migrate to current supported versions)

  1. 1. Backup any important data (bookmarks, emails, etc.) from your current Firefox/Thunderbird installation
  2. 2. Download Firefox 3.6.13 or later from Mozilla's archives (or migrate to a supported modern Firefox version)
  3. 3. Download Thunderbird 3.1.7 or later from Mozilla's archives (or migrate to a supported modern Thunderbird version)
  4. 4. Uninstall the vulnerable Firefox version
  5. 5. Install the fixed Firefox version (3.6.13 or newer)
  6. 6. Uninstall the vulnerable Thunderbird version
  7. 7. Install the fixed Thunderbird version (3.1.7 or newer)
  8. 8. Restore your data from backups
Caveat Firefox 3.6.x and Thunderbird 3.1.x are end-of-life and no longer receive security updates; migrating to current versions is strongly recommended

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Firefox Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
18.0 hours of engineering $3,200
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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