CVE-2009-1837

HIGH

Firefox 3.0-3.0.10 - Remote Code Execution via Race Condition in Java Applet Loading

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Race condition in the NPObjWrapper_NewResolve function in modules/plugin/base/src/nsJSNPRuntime.cpp in xul.dll in Mozilla Firefox 3 before 3.0.11 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a page transition during Java applet loading, related to a use-after-free vulnerability for memory associated with a destroyed Java object.

References (21)

Core 21
Core References
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34241
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-19/
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504260/100/0/threaded
Exploit, Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486269
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35360
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35431
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35331
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35468
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35415
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022386
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503579
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0433
EPSS Percentile 90.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-362 CWE-416
Status published
Products (15)
debian/debian_linux 5.0
fedoraproject/fedora 9
fedoraproject/fedora 10
mozilla/firefox 3.0 - 3.0.11
redhat/enterprise_linux 4.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 5.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 4.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 5.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_eus 4.8
redhat/enterprise_linux_eus 5.3
... and 5 more
Published Jun 12, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026