CVE-2009-2462 — Out-of-bounds Write in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-3995 documents5 sources
Severity
10.0CRITICALNVD
EPSS
3.5%
top 12.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Thunderbird
Timeline
PublishedJul 22
Latest updateMay 2

Description

The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 and Thunderbird allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to (1) the frame chain and synchronous events, (2) a SetMayHaveFrame assertion and nsCSSFrameConstructor::CreateFloatingLetterFrame, (3) nsCSSFrameConstructor::ConstructFrame, (4) the child list and initial reflow, (5) GetLastSpecialSibling, (6) nsFrameManager::GetPrimaryFrameFor a…

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox90 versions+89
▶NVDmozilla/thunderbird21 versions+20

Patches

Patch: www.mozilla.org ↗Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗Patch: www.vupen.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-gphm-8f5h-pv33: The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3↗2022-05-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities↗2009-07-22
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Red Hat
Mozilla Browser engine crashes↗2009-07-21
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-2462 Mozilla Browser engine crashes↗2009-07-16
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