National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1392
Original release date:06/12/2009
Last revised:08/25/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3 before 3.0.11, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to (1) nsEventStateManager::GetContentState and nsNativeTheme::CheckBooleanAttr; (2) UnhookTextRunFromFrames and ClearAllTextRunReferences; (3) nsTextFrame::ClearTextRun; (4) IsPercentageAware; (5) PL_DHashTableFinish; (6) nsListBoxBodyFrame::GetNextItemBox; (7) AtomTableClearEntry, related to the atom table, DOM mutation events, and Unicode surrogates; (8) nsHTMLEditor::HideResizers; and (9) nsWindow::SetCursor, related to changing the cursor; and other vectors.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:1095
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1572
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022376
Type: Patch Information
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:1096
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-6411
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-6366
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503568
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=490513
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=490425
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=490410
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489041
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486398
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472776
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451341
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=432068
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=431086
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=429969
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380359
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-2152
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-782-1
External Source: SLACKWARE
Name: SSA:2009-178-01
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022397
External Source: BID
Name: 35370
External Source: BID
Name: 35326
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:1126
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:1125
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-24.html
Type: Advisory
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2009:141
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1830
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1820
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 265068
External Source: SLACKWARE
Name: SSA:2009-176-01
External Source: SLACKWARE
Name: SSA:2009-167-01
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35602
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35561
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35536
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35468
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35440
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35439
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35431
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35428
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35415
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35331
Type: Advisory
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 55147
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 55146
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 55145
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 55144
