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CVE-2009-3986
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 3.5.x before 3.5.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript…
High7.6EPSS 3.7%
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- mitre
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 3.5.x before 3.5.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges by leveraging a reference to a chrome window from a content window, related to the window.opener property.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (25)
- 37704 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8489 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 37699 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11568 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3547 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 37881 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-13362 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 37785 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1023345 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-70.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-874-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 37813 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-13333 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522430 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-873-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546724 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 37365 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 37349 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1674 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-13366 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-1956 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 37856 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1023344 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- firefox-windowopener-code-execution(54803) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:063 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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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