10.0
CRITICAL
CVE-2009-2466
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird JavaScript Engine Integer Overwrite Vulnerability
Description

The JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 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 (1) nsDOMClassInfo.cpp, (2) JS_HashTableRawLookup, and (3) MirrorWrappedNativeParent and js_LockGCThingRT.

INFO

Published Date :

July 22, 2009, 6:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 30, 2018, 4:25 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-2466 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
2 Mozilla thunderbird
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-2009-2466.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00002.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1162.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1163.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35914 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35943 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35944 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35947 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36005
http://secunia.com/advisories/36145
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-265068-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020800.1-1
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-34.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758 Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1972 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2152
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454704 Exploit
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=465980
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=493281 Patch
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494445
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9820
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01032.html

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-2466 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-2466 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
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9820 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9820 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 22, 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-2009-2466 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-2009-2466 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

50.76 }} 3.17%

score

0.97555

percentile

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