PT-2009-4884 · Mozilla · Firefox

Hacker Fantastic · Published 2009-07-15 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2009-2477

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.5.1

Description The issue is related to the Just-in-time (JIT) JavaScript compiler, also known as TraceMonkey, in Mozilla Firefox. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain use of the escape function that triggers access to uninitialized memory locations. This can be demonstrated by a document containing specific elements.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.5.1, update to version 3.5.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2477

Affected Products

Firefox

References · 20

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/browser/firefox_escape_retval.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/9214 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/9137 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/9181 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/16299 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/35660 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/40936 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/9137 · Exploit
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00909.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266148-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35798 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-41.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2477 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1868 · Vendor Advisory
• http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2009/07/14/critical-javascript-vulnerability-in-firefox-35 · Note