CVE-2009-2462

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

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 and MathML, (7) nsFrame::GetBoxAscent, (8) nsCSSFrameConstructor::AdjustParentFrame, (9) nsDOMOfflineResourceList, and (10) nsContentUtils::ComparePosition.

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 and MathML, (7) nsFrame::GetBoxAscent, (8) nsCSSFrameConstructor::AdjustParentFrame, (9) nsDOMOfflineResourceList, and (10) nsContentUtils::ComparePosition.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Mozilla

First reported 15 years ago

2009-07-22 18:30:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:25:00

Affected Software

Mozilla Firefox 0.1

0.1

Mozilla Firefox 0.2

0.2

Mozilla Firefox 0.3

0.3

Mozilla Firefox 0.4

0.4

Mozilla Firefox 0.5

0.5

Mozilla Firefox 0.6

0.6

Mozilla Firefox 0.6.1

0.6.1

Mozilla Firefox 0.7

0.7

Mozilla Firefox 0.7.1

0.7.1

Mozilla Firefox 0.8

0.8

Mozilla Firefox 0.9

0.9

Mozilla Firefox 0.9 rc

0.9

Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1

0.9.1

Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2

0.9.2

Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3

0.9.3

Mozilla Firefox 0.10

0.10

Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1

0.10.1

Mozilla Firefox 1.0

1.0

Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Preview Release

1.0

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1

1.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2

1.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3

1.0.3

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4

1.0.4

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5

1.0.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6

1.0.6

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7

1.0.7

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.8

1.0.8

Mozilla Firefox 1.4.1

1.4.1

Mozilla Firefox 1.5

1.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 1

1.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 2

1.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1

1.5.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2

1.5.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3

1.5.0.3

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4

1.5.0.4

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5

1.5.0.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6

1.5.0.6

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7

1.5.0.7

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.8

1.5.0.8

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.9

1.5.0.9

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.10

1.5.0.10

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.11

1.5.0.11

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.12

1.5.0.12

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.1

1.5.1

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.2

1.5.2

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.3

1.5.3

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.4

1.5.4

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.5

1.5.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.6

1.5.6

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.7

1.5.7

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.8

1.5.8

Mozilla Firefox 1.8

1.8

Mozilla Firefox 2.0

2.0

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1

2.0.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2

2.0.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3

2.0.0.3

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4

2.0.0.4

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5

2.0.0.5

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6

2.0.0.6

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7

2.0.0.7

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8

2.0.0.8

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9

2.0.0.9

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10

2.0.0.10

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11

2.0.0.11

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12

2.0.0.12

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13

2.0.0.13

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14

2.0.0.14

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.15

2.0.0.15

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16

2.0.0.16

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.17

2.0.0.17

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.18

2.0.0.18

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.19

2.0.0.19

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.20

2.0.0.20

Mozilla Firefox 3.0

3.0

Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta 2

3.0

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1

3.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2

3.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3

3.0.3

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4

3.0.4

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5

3.0.5

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6

3.0.6

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7

3.0.7

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8

3.0.8

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9

3.0.9

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10

3.0.10

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.0

2.0.0.0

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.4

2.0.0.4

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.5

2.0.0.5

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.6

2.0.0.6

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.9

2.0.0.9

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.12

2.0.0.12

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.14

2.0.0.14

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.16

2.0.0.16

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.17

2.0.0.17

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.18

2.0.0.18

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19

2.0.0.19

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.21

2.0.0.21

References

SUSE-SA:2009:039

SUSE-SA:2009:042

RHSA-2009:1162

RHSA-2009:1163

35914

Vendor Advisory

35943

Vendor Advisory

35944

Vendor Advisory

35947

Vendor Advisory

36005

36145

265068

1020800

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-34.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2010:0153

RHSA-2010:0154

35758

Patch

ADV-2009-1972

Patch, Vendor Advisory

ADV-2009-2152

ADV-2010-0650

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=413085

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=442227

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445177

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461861

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463350

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466763

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468211

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472668

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472950

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=491134

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10906

FEDORA-2009-7961

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