MFSA2009-13 Firefox: Arbitrary code execution via XUL [tree] element (CVE-2009-1044)
9
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
03/23/2009
07/25/2018
06/14/2012
05/27/2016
Description
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.
Solution(s)
- mozilla-firefox-upgrade-3_0_8
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