CVE-2009-2466 — Out-of-bounds Write in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write5 documents5 sources
Severity
10.0CRITICALNVD
EPSS
5.8%
top 9.46%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Thunderbird
Timeline
PublishedJul 22
Latest updateMay 2

Description

The JavaScript 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) nsDOMClassInfo.cpp, (2) JS_HashTableRawLookup, and (3) MirrorWrappedNativeParent and js_LockGCThingRT.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 3.0.12

Patches

Patch: secunia.com ↗Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.mozilla.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-492q-86f5-c96f: The JavaScript 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 JavaScript engine crashes↗2009-07-21
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-2466 Mozilla JavaScript engine crashes↗2009-07-16
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