# 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 properly support the application/octet-stre

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-02-21 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-895-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38847
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00001.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=455472
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:042
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035367.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0112.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035346.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1999
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035426.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10697
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-896-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0405
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37242
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8631
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-05.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56363

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