RCE in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2009-1833
The JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to (1) js_LeaveSharpObject, (2) ParseXMLSource, and (3) a certain assertion in jsinterp.c; and other vectors.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.092 (95.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.092 · newest: 0.092 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
- Mozilla Seamonkey — versions 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.3
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1096.html (vendor-advisory)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory)
- www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/35536 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/35602 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1125.html (vendor-advisory)