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Vulnerability details: VCID-6217-dck9-hqht
Vulnerability ID VCID-6217-dck9-hqht
Aliases CVE-2010-1209
Summary Security researcher regenrecht reported via TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative an error in Mozilla's implementation of NodeIterator in which a malicious NodeFilter could be created which would detach nodes from the DOM tree while it was being traversed. The use of a detached and subsequently deleted node could result in the execution of attacker-controlled memory.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-416 Use After Free
System Score Found at
epss 0.02213 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-1209
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-36
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2010-1209.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-1209
615459 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615459
CVE-2010-1209 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1209
GLSA-201301-01 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201301-01
mfsa2010-36 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-36
RHSA-2010:0547 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0547
USN-930-4 https://usn.ubuntu.com/930-4/
USN-957-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/957-1/
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.84732
EPSS Score 0.02213
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T08:27:18.972251+00:00 Mozilla Importer Import https://github.com/mozilla/foundation-security-advisories/blob/master/announce/2010/mfsa2010-36.md 38.6.0