CVE-2009-2465
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 and Thunderbird allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors involving double frame construction, related to (1) nsHTMLContentSink.cpp,…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 and Thunderbird allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors involving double frame construction, related to (1) nsHTMLContentSink.cpp, (2) nsXMLContentSink.cpp, and (3) nsPresShell.cpp, and the nsSubDocumentFrame::Reflow function.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 5.41% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00002.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1162.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35914Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35943Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35944Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36005
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36145
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-265068-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020800.1-1
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-34.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1972Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2152
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=482578
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489050
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10402
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01032.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00002.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1162.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35914Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35943Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35944Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36005
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36145
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-265068-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020800.1-1
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-34.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.