CVE-2010-0168
The nsDocument::MaybePreLoadImage function in content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp in the image-preloading implementation in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 does not apply scheme restrictions and policy restrictions to the image's URL, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or hang) or hijack the functionality of the browser's add-ons via a crafted SRC attribute of an IMG element, as demonstrated by remote command execution through an ssh: URL in a configuration that supports gnome-vfs with a nonstandard network.gnomevfs.supported-protocols setting.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 12.6% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0199)
- Published
- March 25, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0199 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-13.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38918(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0692
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=540642
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8711
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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