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FKIE_CVE-2010-1028

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-03-19 21:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:17
Severity
Summary
Integer overflow in the decompression functionality in the Web Open Fonts Format (WOFF) decoder in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 and 3.7 before 3.7 alpha 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WOFF file that triggers a buffer overflow, as demonstrated by the vd_ff module in VulnDisco 9.0.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/02/22/secunia-advisory-sa38608/
cve@mitre.orghttp://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/03/18/update-on-secunia-advisory-sa38608/
cve@mitre.orghttp://blog.psi2.de/en/2010/02/20/going-commercial-with-firefox-vulnerabilities/
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/38608Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/community/forum/thread/show/3592Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Zero-day-exploit-for-Firefox-3-6-936124.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/964549US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-08.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552216
cve@mitre.orghttps://forum.immunityinc.com/board/thread/1161/vulndisco-9-0/
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7969
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/02/22/secunia-advisory-sa38608/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/03/18/update-on-secunia-advisory-sa38608/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.psi2.de/en/2010/02/20/going-commercial-with-firefox-vulnerabilities/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/38608Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/community/forum/thread/show/3592Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Zero-day-exploit-for-Firefox-3-6-936124.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/964549US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-08.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552216
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://forum.immunityinc.com/board/thread/1161/vulndisco-9-0/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7969
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox 3.6
mozilla firefox 3.6
mozilla firefox 3.6.1
mozilla firefox 3.7
mozilla firefox 3.7
mozilla firefox 3.7
microsoft windows_vista *
microsoft windows_xp *
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