CVE-2009-2469

CVE Details

Release Date:	2009-07-22
Impact:	Critical	What is this?

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 does not properly handle an SVG element that has a property with a watch function and an __defineSetter__ function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, related to a certain pointer misinterpretation.

See more information about CVE-2009-2469 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	10.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (firefox)	ELSA-2009-1162	2009-07-22
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2009-1162	2009-07-22
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2009-1162	2009-07-22