Vulnerability · CVE-2010-0179
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories — Mozilla
Published Apr 5, 2010 · catalog updated Aug 7, 2024 · Mozilla
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2010-0179. EPSS is 3.28%. Act only if a listed version of Mozilla is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Unknown—
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 3.28%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- vendor n/a n/a
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.
Are you affected?
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- vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2010-0179
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2010-0179. EPSS is 3.28%. Act only if a listed version of Mozilla is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 3.28%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Aug 7, 2024 · CVE.org
Updated
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.
Oct 15, 2026 · Mozilla Security Advisories
Detected
Named on the public Mozilla Security Advisories page.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-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 attacker
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2010-0179
30-day exploitation probability 3.3%
first.org - Mozilla Security AdvisoriesVendor advisoryCVE-2010-0179
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories — Mozilla
mozilla.org
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.