CVE-2009-1838

CVE Details

Release Date:2009-06-12

Description


The garbage-collection implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 sets an element's owner document to null in unspecified circumstances, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted event handler, related to an incorrect context for this event handler.

See more information about CVE-2009-1838 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 9.3 Base Metrics: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Medium
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: Complete
Integrity Impact: Complete Availability Impact: Complete

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (seamonkey)ELSA-2009-10962009-06-12
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (firefox)ELSA-2009-10952009-06-12
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (seamonkey)ELSA-2009-10962009-06-12
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (thunderbird)ELSA-2009-11252009-06-25
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)ELSA-2009-10952009-06-12
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner)ELSA-2009-10952009-06-12



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