CVE-2009-3985

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 associate spoofed content with an invalid URL by setting document.location to this URL, and then writing arbitrary web script or HTML to the associated blank document, a related issue to CVE-2009-2654.

6.8

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.69% Top 30%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023343	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/37704	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37699	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8480	signature vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023342	patch vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54808	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3547	patch vendor advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/37881	third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514232
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01034.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37785	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546726
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-874-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37813	third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00995.html	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-873-1	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37349	vdb entry
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1674.html	vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01041.html	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1956	vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-69.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37856	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37370	vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9911	signature vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_63_firefox.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-3985?: CVE-2009-3985 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-3985?: To fix CVE-2009-3985, 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-2009-3985 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2009-3985 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.