CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-1837

7.5 HIGH Published 2009-06-12 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2009-06-12
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses: CWE-362, CWE-416

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.

Affected configurations

• mozilla firefox (>= 3.0 < 3.0.11) • debian debian linux 5.0 • fedoraproject fedora 9 • fedoraproject fedora 10 • 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 • redhat enterprise linux server 4.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 5.3 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 4.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 5.0

Weakness · CWE (2)

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness
CWE-416 Use After Free weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

CWE-368 Context Switching Race Condition weakness
CWE-416 Use After Free weakness

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/34241 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35331 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35415 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35431 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35468 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-19/ Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.372468 Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-28.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504260/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35360 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022386 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486269 Exploit, Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503579 Issue Tracking
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10628 Broken Link
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00574.html Mailing List
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/34241 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35331 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35415 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35431 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35468 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-19/ Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.372468 Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-28.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504260/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35360 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022386 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486269 Exploit, Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503579 Issue Tracking
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10628 Broken Link
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00574.html Mailing List
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html Mailing List