Is CVE-2010-0159 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-0159 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-0159?

CVE-2010-0159 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

CVE-2010-0159

HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 4.7%EU EUVD

The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, Thunderbird before 3.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the nsBlockFrame::StealFrame function in layout/generic/nsBlockFrame.cpp, and unspecified other vectors.

Key facts

CVSS score: 10.0 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS score: 4.7% (92th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-0190)
Published: February 22, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0190 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
mozilla / firefox
mozilla / seamonkey
mozilla / thunderbird

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035346.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035367.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035426.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036097.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036132.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37242(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38770(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38772(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38847(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1999(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:042(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-01.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0112.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0113.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-895-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-896-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0405(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=467005(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501934(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=527567(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=528134(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=528300(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=530880(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=534082(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56359(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8485(Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9590(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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