CVE-2010-0162
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not...
4.3 Medium
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly support the application/octet-stream content type as a protection mechanism against execution of web script in certain circumstances involving SVG and the EMBED element, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an embedded SVG document.
Exploit likelihood
2.94%Down 7.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly support the application/octet-stream content type as a protection mechanism against execution of web script in certain circumstances involving SVG and the EMBED element, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an embedded SVG document.
- Record
CVE-2010-0162- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly support the application/octet-stream content type as a protection mechanism against execution of web script in certain circumstances involving SVG and the EMBED element, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an embedded SVG document.
- Record
CVE-2010-0162- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-0193 No score
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly support the application/octet-stream content type as a protection mechanism against execution of web script in certain circumstances involving SVG and the EMBED element, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an embedded SVG document.
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EUVD-2010-0193- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g94q-cc43-mm5v No score
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not...
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly support the application/octet-stream content type as a protection mechanism against execution of web script in certain circumstances involving SVG and the EMBED element, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an embedded SVG document.
- Record
GHSA-g94q-cc43-mm5v- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1 No score
seamonkey-2.40-6.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the seamonkey-2.40-6.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
xulrunnerDebian:5.0 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 1.9.0.18-1, plus listed versions 1.9.0.10-11.9.0.11-0lenny11.9.0.11-11.9.0.12-0lenny11.9.0.12-1 Show 14 moreShow less1.9.0.13-0lenny11.9.0.13-11.9.0.14-0lenny11.9.0.14-11.9.0.15-0lenny11.9.0.16-11.9.0.5-11.9.0.6-11.9.0.7-0lenny11.9.0.7-0lenny21.9.0.7-11.9.0.8-11.9.0.9-0lenny21.9.0.9-1 |
1.9.0.18-1 |
firefoxRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:3.0.18-1.el4 | 0:3.0.18-1.el4 |
firefox-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:3.0.18-1.el4 | 0:3.0.18-1.el4 |
firefoxRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:3.0.18-1.el4 | 0:3.0.18-1.el4 |
firefox-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:3.0.18-1.el4 | 0:3.0.18-1.el4 |
firefoxRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:3.0.18-1.el4 | 0:3.0.18-1.el4 |
firefox-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:3.0.18-1.el4 | 0:3.0.18-1.el4 |
firefoxRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:3.0.18-1.el4 | 0:3.0.18-1.el4 |
firefox-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:3.0.18-1.el4 | 0:3.0.18-1.el4 |
xulrunnerRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 | 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
xulrunner-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 | 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 |
xulrunner-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 | 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 |
xulrunner-devel-unstableRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 | 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 |
firefoxRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:3.0.18-1.el5_4 | 0:3.0.18-1.el5_4 |
firefox-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:3.0.18-1.el5_4 | 0:3.0.18-1.el5_4 |
xulrunnerRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 | 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 |
xulrunner-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 | 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 |
firefoxRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:3.0.18-1.el5_4 | 0:3.0.18-1.el5_4 |
firefox-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:3.0.18-1.el5_4 | 0:3.0.18-1.el5_4 |
xulrunnerRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 | 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 |
xulrunner-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 | 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 |
xulrunner-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 | 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 |
xulrunner-devel-unstableRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 | 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2010-0162 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Mozilla Firefox, published February 18, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.94%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-895-1
secunia.com/advisories/38847
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00001.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=455472
mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:042
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035367.html
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redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0112.html
debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1999
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10697
vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0405
mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-05.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56363
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0162
github.com/advisories/GHSA-g94q-cc43-mm5v
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0112
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566047
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2010/rhsa-2010_0112.json
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1571
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5913
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