CVE-2009-1044
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 on Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to the _moveToEdgeShift XUL tree method, which triggers garbage collection on objects that are still in use, as demonstrated by Nils during…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 on Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to the _moveToEdgeShift XUL tree method, which triggers garbage collection on objects that are still in use, as demonstrated by Nils during a PWN2OWN competition at CanSecWest 2009.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 6.49% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2941
- http://cansecwest.com/index.html
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/18/pwn2own-2009-day-1---safari-internet-explorer-and-firefox-taken-down-by-four-zero-day-exploits
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00008.html
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199652-83.html
- http://osvdb.org/52896
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34471Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34505Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34510Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34511Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34521Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34527Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34549Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34550Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34792Vendor Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-113.htm
- http://twitter.com/tippingpoint1/status/1351635812
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1756
- http://www.h-online.com/security/Pwn2Own-2009-Safari-IE-8-and-Firefox-exploited--/news/112889
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:084
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-13.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0397.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0398.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502303/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34181Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021878
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-745-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0864Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.