CVE-2009-1838

CVE Details

Release Date:	2009-06-12
Impact:	Critical	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	9.3
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (seamonkey)	ELSA-2009-1096	2009-06-12
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (firefox)	ELSA-2009-1095	2009-06-12
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (seamonkey)	ELSA-2009-1096	2009-06-12
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2009-1125	2009-06-25
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2009-1095	2009-06-12
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2009-1095	2009-06-12