{"id":"CVE-2009-2665","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-2665","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:39:24.142Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2009-08-04T16:30:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:09:57.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":10,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-94"],"affected":["mozilla/firefox"],"epss":{"score":0.0253,"percentile":0.84798,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/36126","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266148-1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-46.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35928","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2142","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=498897","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00198.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00261.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/36126","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266148-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-46.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35928","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2142","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=498897","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00198.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00261.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2665","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}