CVE-2009-1044

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 on Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to the _moveToEdgeShift XUL tree method, which triggers garbage collection on objects that are still in use, as demonstrated by Nils during a PWN2OWN competition at CanSecWest 2009.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 9.12% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021878 vdb entry
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/18/pwn2own-2009-day-1---safari-internet-explorer-and-firefox-taken-down-by-four-zero-day-exploits
http://twitter.com/tippingpoint1/status/1351635812
http://secunia.com/advisories/34510 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01077.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34511 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:084 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0397.html vendor advisory
http://cansecwest.com/index.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00008.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34505 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34521 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0398.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502303/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/34471 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-13.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-745-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34527 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34181 vdb entry patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1756 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34792 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199652-83.html
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-015
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11368 vdb entry signature
http://osvdb.org/52896 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0864 vdb entry patch vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01040.html vendor advisory
http://www.h-online.com/security/Pwn2Own-2009-Safari-IE-8-and-Firefox-exploited--/news/112889
http://secunia.com/advisories/34549 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34550 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-113.htm
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01023.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484320 patch
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2941

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1044?
CVE-2009-1044 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1044?
To fix CVE-2009-1044, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-1044 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-1044 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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