CVE-2009-2464

Mozilla Firefox <3.0.12 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2009-2464. PoCs published by Christophe Charron.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a vulnerability writeup for CVE-2009-2464, describing a remote memory-corruption issue in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. The vulnerability can lead to denial-of-service conditions and potential arbitrary code execution.

Description

The nsXULTemplateQueryProcessorRDF::CheckIsSeparator function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12, SeaMonkey 2.0a1pre, and Thunderbird allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to loading multiple RDF files in a XUL tree element.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Christophe Charron · textdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33101

This is a vulnerability writeup for CVE-2009-2464, describing a remote memory-corruption issue in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. The vulnerability can lead to denial-of-service conditions and potential arbitrary code execution.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Mozilla Firefox < 3.0.12, 3.5; Mozilla Thunderbird (unspecified versions)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Target must be using a vulnerable version of Firefox or Thunderbird
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (17)

Core 17
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-265068-1
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020800.1-1
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01032.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36145
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35944
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35943
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1162.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-34.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9594
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2152
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36005
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441785
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35914
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1972

Scores

EPSS 0.1772
EPSS Percentile 95.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (45)
mozilla/firefox 0.1
mozilla/firefox 0.2
mozilla/firefox 0.3
mozilla/firefox 0.4
mozilla/firefox 0.5
mozilla/firefox 0.6
mozilla/firefox 0.6.1
mozilla/firefox 0.7
mozilla/firefox 0.7.1
mozilla/firefox 0.8
... and 35 more
Published Jul 22, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026