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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2009-1837

CVE-2009-1837

HIGH7.5

Race condition in the NPObjWrapper_NewResolve function in modules/plugin/base/src/nsJSNPRuntime

Published Jun 12, 2009

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/34241

http://secunia.com/advisories/35331

http://secunia.com/advisories/35415

http://secunia.com/advisories/35431

http://secunia.com/advisories/35468

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-19/

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.372468

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-28.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504260/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35360

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022386

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486269

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503579

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10628

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1837

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00574.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

7.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

HighAC:H

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

7.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

PublishedJun 12, 2009

ModifiedAug 7, 2024

CVE-2009-1837 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence