CVE-2009-3072

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.14 and 3.5.x before 3.5.3, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.24, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.19 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the BinHex decoder in netwerk/streamconv/converters/nsBinHexDecoder.cpp, and unknown vectors.

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 4.69% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1885	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36343	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/39001	third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_48_firefox.html	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1430.html	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0648	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/36692	third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html	vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501900
http://secunia.com/advisories/36670	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36671	third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-47.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38977	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36669	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html	vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508074
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1432.html	vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494283
http://secunia.com/advisories/37098	third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-915-1	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10349	vdb entry signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6315	vdb entry signature
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-07.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1431.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-3072?: CVE-2009-3072 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-3072?: To fix CVE-2009-3072, 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-2009-3072 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2009-3072 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.