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Vulnerability details: VCID-5mat-a9vu-nfff
Vulnerability ID VCID-5mat-a9vu-nfff
Aliases CVE-2010-3177
Summary Google security researcher Robert Swiecki reported that functions used by the Gopher parser to convert text to HTML tags could be exploited to turn text into executable JavaScript. If an attacker could create a file or directory on a Gopher server with the encoded script as part of its name the script would then run in a victim's browser within the context of the site.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
System Score Found at
epss 0.00722 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-3177
generic_textual high https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-68
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2010-3177.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-3177
642290 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642290
CVE-2010-3177 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3177
GLSA-201301-01 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201301-01
mfsa2010-68 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-68
RHSA-2010:0781 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0781
RHSA-2010:0782 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0782
RHSA-2010:0861 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0861
USN-997-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/997-1/
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.72828
EPSS Score 0.00722
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T08:27:13.107982+00:00 Mozilla Importer Import https://github.com/mozilla/foundation-security-advisories/blob/master/announce/2010/mfsa2010-68.md 38.6.0