CVE-2009-2477
Mozilla Firefox JIT JavaScript Code Execution Vulnerability
Description
js/src/jstracer.cpp in the Just-in-time (JIT) JavaScript compiler (aka TraceMonkey) in Mozilla Firefox 3.5 before 3.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain use of the escape function that triggers access to uninitialized memory locations, as originally demonstrated by a document containing P and FONT elements.
INFO
Published Date :
July 15, 2009, 3:30 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
8.6
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2009/07/14/critical-javascript-vulnerability-in-firefox-35/ Added Reference http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6796 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35798 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266148-1 Added Reference http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/07/stopgap_fix_for_critical_firef.html Added Reference http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9137 Added Reference http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9181 Added Reference http://www.h-online.com/security/First-Zero-Day-Exploit-for-Firefox-3-5--/news/113761 Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/443060 Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-41.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35660 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1868 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503286 Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40936/ Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00909.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 19, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/9181 [Exploit] Removed Reference http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/9137 [Exploit] Added Reference http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9181 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9137 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 03, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40936/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 16, 2009
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-2477 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-2009-2477
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
83.03 }} -1.30%
score
0.99206
percentile