CVE-2009-1838

Firefox arbitrary code execution flaw

Published Jun 12, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 4.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
The garbage-collection implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 sets an element's owner document to null in unspecified circumstances, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted event handler, related to an incorrect context for this event handler.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1820-1 New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1830-1 New icedove packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-1833 The garbage-collection implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 sets an element's owner document to null in unspecified circumstances, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted event handler, related to an incorrect context for this event handler.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-779-1 Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-782-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
References
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http://osvdb.org/55157 cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1096.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35331 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35415 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35428 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35431 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35439 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35440 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35468 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35536 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35561 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35602 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35882 cve-icon cve-icon
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.372468 cve-icon cve-icon
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.425408 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1830 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:141 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-29.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1125.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1126.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35383 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022397 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.454275 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-782-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489131 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503580 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1838 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11080 cve-icon cve-icon
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1838 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00444.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00504.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00574.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 5:27 AM
Reserved
May 29, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 12, 2009, 9:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:08 PM
Severity
Critical
Public date
Jun 11, 2009, 12:00 AM