Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 on Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to the _moveToEdgeShift…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.5% · top 6.2% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (36)

• 1021878 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/18/pwn2own-2009-day-1---safari-internet-explorer-and-firefox-taken-down-by-four-zero-day-exploits (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://twitter.com/tippingpoint1/status/1351635812 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 34510 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-3101 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 34511 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:084 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0397 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://cansecwest.com/index.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 34505 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 34521 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0398 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 20090330 ZDI-09-015: Mozilla Firefox XUL _moveToEdgeShift() Memory Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 34471 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-13.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-745-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 34527 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 34181 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• DSA-1756 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 34792 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199652-83.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-015 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11368 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 52896 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0864 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-3100 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://www.h-online.com/security/Pwn2Own-2009-Safari-IE-8-and-Firefox-exploited--/news/112889 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 34549 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 34550 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-113.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-3099 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484320 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2941 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 04:57 UTC.