Description
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.
Published: 2009-07-22
Score: 10.0 Critical
EPSS: 3.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1840-1 New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-2457 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-798-1 Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00005.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1162.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1163.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35914 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35943 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35944 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35947 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36005 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36145 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-265068-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020800.1-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-34.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1972 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2152 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=413085 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=442227 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445177 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461861 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463350 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466763 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468211 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472668 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472950 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=491134 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2462 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10906 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2462 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01032.html cve-icon cve-icon
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Mozilla Firefox Thunderbird
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:52:15.181Z

Reserved: 2009-07-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2462

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Status : Modified

Published: 2009-07-22T18:30:00.187

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-2462

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Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2009-07-21T23:56:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-2462 - Bugzilla

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