CVE-2009-1837
HIGHFirefox 3.0-3.0.10 - Remote Code Execution via Race Condition in Java Applet Loading
Title source: llmDescription
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
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-28.html
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
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html
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
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00574.html
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 vendor-advisory
x_refsource_slackware
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.372468
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
Broken Link vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10628
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