CVE-2010-2762
The XPCSafeJSObjectWrapper class in the SafeJSObjectWrapper (aka SJOW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x before 3.6.9 and Thunderbird 3.1.x before 3.1.3 does not properly restrict objects at the end of scope chains, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via vectors related to a chrome privileged object and a chain ending in an outer object.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.0% (81th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-2766)
- Published
- September 9, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2766 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / thunderbird
- mozilla / thunderbird
- mozilla / thunderbird
References
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42867
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100112690
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:173
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-59.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43092
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2323
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=584180
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61656
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11492
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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