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CVE-2009-2462

Date: July 22, 2009

The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 and Thunderbird allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to (1) the frame chain and synchronous events, (2) a SetMayHaveFrame assertion and nsCSSFrameConstructor::CreateFloatingLetterFrame, (3) nsCSSFrameConstructor::ConstructFrame, (4) the child list and initial reflow, (5) GetLastSpecialSibling, (6) nsFrameManager::GetPrimaryFrameFor and MathML, (7) nsFrame::GetBoxAscent, (8) nsCSSFrameConstructor::AdjustParentFrame, (9) nsDOMOfflineResourceList, and (10) nsContentUtils::ComparePosition.

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (35)

Url: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472668

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1972

Url: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463350

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35943

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2462

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35944

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650

Url: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466763

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35947

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1162.html

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020800.1-1

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2009-2462

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2462

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-265068-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00002.html

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1163.html

Url: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468211

Url: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472950

Url: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=491134

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35914

Url: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445177

Url: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=413085

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01032.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/36145

Url: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461861

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2152

Url: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=442227

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/36005

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10906

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00005.html

Url: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-34.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-2462

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	10.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2009-2462

Date: July 22, 2009

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