CVE-2010-0168
HIGHEPSS 96th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
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
- 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
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