CVE-2009-2665
The nsDocument::SetScriptGlobalObject function in content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.2, when certain add-ons are enabled, does not properly handle a Link HTTP header, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The nsDocument::SetScriptGlobalObject function in content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.2, when certain add-ons are enabled, does not properly handle a Link HTTP header, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted web page, related to an incorrect security wrapper.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 2.53% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36126
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266148-1
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-46.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35928
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2142Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=498897
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00198.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00261.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36126
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266148-1
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-46.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35928
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2142Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=498897
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00198.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00261.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.