PT-2009-3626

CVE-2009-1044

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Published

2009-03-23

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Updated

2024-12-12

Description by

CVSS 2.0
9.3
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox version 3.0.7
Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to the moveToEdgeShift XUL tree method. This method triggers garbage collection on objects that are still in use. The issue was demonstrated by Nils during a PWN2OWN competition at CanSecWest 2009.
Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox version 3.0.7, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
Related identifiers
DSA-1756-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
RHSA-2009:0397
RHSA-2009_0397
RHSA-2009:0398
RHSA-2009_0398
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