Vulnerability Details : CVE-2009-2479
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x, 3.5, and 3.5.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uncaught exception and application crash) via a long Unicode string argument to the write method. NOTE: this was originally reported as a stack-based buffer overflow. NOTE: on Linux and Mac OS X, a crash resulting from this long string reportedly occurs in an operating-system library, not in Firefox.
Vulnerability category: OverflowDenial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2479
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 6.23%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 93 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2009-2479
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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7.8
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
10.0
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6.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2009-2479
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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2009-2479
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505092/100/0/threaded
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022580
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http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9158
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504343
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00909.html
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504342
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3338/
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51729
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http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2009/07/19/milw0rm-9158-stack-overflow-crash-not-exploitable-cve-2009-2479/
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35707
Exploit
Products affected by CVE-2009-2479
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*