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CVE-2009-1044

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 on Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to the _moveToEdgeShift XUL tree method, which triggers garbage collection on objects that are still in use, as demonstrated by Nils during a PWN2OWN competition at CanSecWest 2009.

Published

2009-03-23T14:19:12.593

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	3.0.7	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_7	*	No

References

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934 ([email protected])
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2941 ([email protected])
http://cansecwest.com/index.html ([email protected])
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009 ([email protected])
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/18/pwn2own-2009-day-1---safari-internet-explorer-and-firefox-taken-down-by-four-zero-day-exploits ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00008.html ([email protected])
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199652-83.html ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/52896 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34471 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34505 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34510 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34511 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34521 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34527 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34549 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34550 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34792 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-113.htm ([email protected])
http://twitter.com/tippingpoint1/status/1351635812 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1756 ([email protected])
http://www.h-online.com/security/Pwn2Own-2009-Safari-IE-8-and-Firefox-exploited--/news/112889 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:084 ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-13.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0397.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0398.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502303/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34181 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021878 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-745-1 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0864 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-015 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484320 Patch ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11368 ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01023.html ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01040.html ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01077.html ([email protected])
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2941 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://cansecwest.com/index.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/18/pwn2own-2009-day-1---safari-internet-explorer-and-firefox-taken-down-by-four-zero-day-exploits (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00008.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199652-83.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/52896 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34471 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34505 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34510 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34511 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34521 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34527 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34549 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34550 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34792 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-113.htm (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://twitter.com/tippingpoint1/status/1351635812 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1756 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.h-online.com/security/Pwn2Own-2009-Safari-IE-8-and-Firefox-exploited--/news/112889 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:084 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-13.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0397.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0398.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502303/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34181 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021878 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-745-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0864 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-015 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484320 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11368 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01023.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01040.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01077.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)