CVE-2009-2463 — Out-of-bounds Write in Mozilla Firefox
Severity
10.0CRITICALNVD
EPSS
5.2%
top 10.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 22
Latest updateMay 2
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) PL_Base64Decode and (2) PL_Base64Encode functions in nsprpub/lib/libc/src/base64.c in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.24, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.19 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger buffer overflows.
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 10.0
Affected Packages3 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-483p-23q4-52hc: Multiple integer overflows in the (1) PL_Base64Decode and (2) PL_Base64Encode functions in nsprpub/lib/libc/src/base64↗2022-05-02
OSV▶
CVE-2009-2463: Multiple integer overflows in the (1) PL_Base64Decode and (2) PL_Base64Encode functions in nsprpub/lib/libc/src/base64↗2009-07-22