CVE-2010-2762

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-09-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: 3.6, 3.6.2, 3.6.3, 3.6.4, 3.6.6, 3.6.7 (+1)
Mozilla Thunderbird: 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2

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
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

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