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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16, SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, and Thunderbird allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

The weakness was shared 12/17/2009 by Jesse Ruderman as MFSA2009-65 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-3981 since 11/19/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43355 (CentOS 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2009:1673)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165665 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SA:2009:063)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54801) and Tenable (43355). The entries 4073, 51185, 51184 and 51183 are related to this item.

Productinfo

Type

• Web Browser

Vendor

• Mozilla

Name

• Firefox

Version

• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.7.1
• 0.7.2
• 0.7.3
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.9.1
• 0.9.2
• 0.9.2.1
• 0.9.3
• 0.9.4
• 0.9.4.1
• 0.9.5
• 0.9.6
• 0.9.7
• 0.9.8
• 0.9.9
• 0.9.35
• 0.9.48
• 0.10
• 0.10.1
• 1.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.0.6
• 1.0.7
• 1.0.8

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

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• 🔍
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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

VulDB Base Score: 9.6
VulDB Temp Score: 8.6
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 43355
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2009:1673)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 66594
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1956-1 (xulrunner)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

Timelineinfo

11/19/2009 🔍
12/15/2009 +26 days 🔍
12/15/2009 +0 days 🔍
12/16/2009 +1 days 🔍
12/16/2009 +0 days 🔍
12/17/2009 +1 days 🔍
12/17/2009 +0 days 🔍
12/20/2009 +3 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1914 days 🔍
08/30/2021 +2357 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2009-65
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2009-3981 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 54801
SecurityTracker: 1023333 - Mozilla Firefox Bugs in JavaScript Engine and Browser Engine Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 24393 - Mozilla SeaMonkey < 2.0.1 and Mozilla Firefox < 3.0.16 Remote DoS and Code Execution Vulnerability, Critical
SecurityFocus: 37363 - Mozilla Firefox CVE-2009-3981 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 37699 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vupen: ADV-2009-3547

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/30/2021 07:17
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (67), 01/31/2018 09:55 (18), 08/30/2021 07:17 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 13:E0D:103

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