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    CVE-2009-1044

    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.

    Published:Mar 23, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Mar 23, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.07842
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 7
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    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
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34505
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34510
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34511
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34521
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34527
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34549
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34550
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34792
    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
    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
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021878
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-745-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0864
    http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-015
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484320
    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
    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
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34505
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34510
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34511
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34521
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34527
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34549
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34550
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34792
    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
    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
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021878
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-745-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0864
    http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-015
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484320
    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High