Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 do not properly restrict use of the type attribute of an OBJECT element to set a document's charset, which allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms via UTF-7 encoding.
Published 2010-09-09 19:00:03
Updated 2017-09-19 01:31:08
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2768

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.30%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 65 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

CVSS scores for CVE-2010-2768

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source
4.3
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
8.6
2.9
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2010-2768

References for CVE-2010-2768

Products affected by CVE-2010-2768

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