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CVE-2009-1837
Race condition in the NPObjWrapper_NewResolve function in modules/plugin/base/src/nsJSNPRuntime.cpp in xul.dll in Mozilla Firefox 3 before…
High7.5EPSS 4.3%
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- redhat
Description
Race condition in the NPObjWrapper_NewResolve function in modules/plugin/base/src/nsJSNPRuntime.cpp in xul.dll in Mozilla Firefox 3 before 3.0.11 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a page transition during Java applet loading, related to a use-after-free vulnerability for memory associated with a destroyed Java object.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.8% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (21)
- ADV-2009-1572 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-28.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34241 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-19/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20090612 Secunia Research: Mozilla Firefox Java Applet Loading Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486269 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 35360 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 35326 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-6411 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 35431 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35331 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35468 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-6366 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 35415 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1095 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SSA:2009-167-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 1022386 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503579 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10628 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-1820 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 264308 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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