9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2009-1044
Mozilla Firefox Garbage Collection Type Confusion Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 23, 2009, 2:19 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 10, 2018, 7:32 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-1044 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2009-1044.

URL Resource
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2941
http://cansecwest.com/index.html
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/18/pwn2own-2009-day-1---safari-internet-explorer-and-firefox-taken-down-by-four-zero-day-exploits
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00008.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199652-83.html
http://osvdb.org/52896
http://secunia.com/advisories/34471 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34505 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34510 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34511 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34521 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34527 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34549 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34550 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34792 Vendor Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-113.htm
http://twitter.com/tippingpoint1/status/1351635812
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1756
http://www.h-online.com/security/Pwn2Own-2009-Safari-IE-8-and-Firefox-exploited--/news/112889
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:084
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-13.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0397.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0398.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502303/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34181 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021878
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-745-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0864 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-015
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484320 Patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11368
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01023.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01040.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01077.html

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-1044 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-1044 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 10, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/502303/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502303/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11368 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11368 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 23, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-1044 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-1044 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

91.84 }} 1.02%

score

0.98991

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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