National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1044

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484320

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484320

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0864

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0864

External Source: BID

Name: 34181

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34181

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-13.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-13.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-3101

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01077.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-3100

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01040.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-3099

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01023.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-015

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-015

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-745-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-745-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021878

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021878

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090330 ZDI-09-015: Mozilla Firefox XUL _moveToEdgeShift() Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/502303/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:0398

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0398.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:0397

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0397.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2009:084

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:084

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.h-online.com/security/Pwn2Own-2009-Safari-IE-8-and-Firefox-exploited--/news/112889

Hyperlink:http://www.h-online.com/security/Pwn2Own-2009-Safari-IE-8-and-Firefox-exploited--/news/112889

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1756

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1756

External Source: MISC

Name: http://twitter.com/tippingpoint1/status/1351635812

Hyperlink:http://twitter.com/tippingpoint1/status/1351635812

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-113.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-113.htm

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34792

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34792

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34550

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34550

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34549

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34549

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34527

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34527

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34521

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34521

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34511

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34511

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34510

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34510

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34505

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34505

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34471

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34471

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 52896

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/52896

External Source: MISC

Name: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199652-83.html

Hyperlink:http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199652-83.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2009:022

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00008.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/18/pwn2own-2009-day-1---safari-internet-explorer-and-firefox-taken-down-by-four-zero-day-exploits

Hyperlink:http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/18/pwn2own-2009-day-1---safari-internet-explorer-and-firefox-taken-down-by-four-zero-day-exploits

External Source: MISC

Name: http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009

Hyperlink:http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009

External Source: MISC

Name: http://cansecwest.com/index.html

Hyperlink:http://cansecwest.com/index.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2941

Hyperlink:http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2941

External Source: MISC

Name: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934

Hyperlink:http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934