CVE-2009-1838
The garbage-collection implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 sets an element's owner document to null in unspecified circumstances, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The garbage-collection implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 sets an element's owner document to null in unspecified circumstances, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted event handler, related to an incorrect context for this event handler.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 4.79% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/seamonkey · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://osvdb.org/55157
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1096.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35331Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35415
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35428Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35431Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35439Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35440Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35468
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35536
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35561
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35602
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35882
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.372468
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.425408
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1830
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:141
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-29.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1125.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1126.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35383
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022397
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.454275
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-782-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489131
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503580
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.