CVE-2009-1044

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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

References

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

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