CVE-2009-1044

Firefox XUL garbage collection issue (cansecwest pwn2own)

Published Mar 23, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 6.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 on Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to the _moveToEdgeShift XUL tree method, which triggers garbage collection on objects that are still in use, as demonstrated by Nils during a PWN2OWN competition at CanSecWest 2009.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1756-1 New xulrunner packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-1045 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 on Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to the _moveToEdgeShift XUL tree method, which triggers garbage collection on objects that are still in use, as demonstrated by Nils during a PWN2OWN competition at CanSecWest 2009.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-745-1 Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
References
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934 cve-icon cve-icon
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2941 cve-icon cve-icon
http://cansecwest.com/index.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009 cve-icon cve-icon
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/18/pwn2own-2009-day-1---safari-internet-explorer-and-firefox-taken-down-by-four-zero-day-exploits cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00008.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199652-83.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://osvdb.org/52896 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34471 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34505 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34510 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34511 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34521 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34527 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34549 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34550 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34792 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-113.htm cve-icon cve-icon
http://twitter.com/tippingpoint1/status/1351635812 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1756 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.h-online.com/security/Pwn2Own-2009-Safari-IE-8-and-Firefox-exploited--/news/112889 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:084 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-13.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0397.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0398.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502303/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34181 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021878 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-745-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0864 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-015 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484320 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1044 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11368 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1044 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01023.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01040.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01077.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 4:57 AM
Reserved
Mar 23, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 23, 2009, 2:19 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:06 PM
Severity
Critical
Public date
Mar 27, 2009, 12:00 AM