The garbage-collection implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 sets an…

Description

The garbage-collection implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 sets an element's owner document to null in unspecified circumstances, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted event handler, related to an incorrect context for this event handler.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.8% · top 8.0% of all CVEs (6 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-94 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-94 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (36)

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489131 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1572 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1096 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11080 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• SSA:2009-178-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• DSA-1830 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 35536 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 35602 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-29.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1125 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-7614 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 35326 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 35440 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-6411 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• USN-782-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 35428 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 35431 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-7567 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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
• 35439 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 35882 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-6366 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:141 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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
• 35383 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• SSA:2009-167-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• 55157 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 35561 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SSA:2009-176-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503580 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-1820 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1126 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 264308 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 1022397 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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, 05:27 UTC.