MFSA2009-39 Firefox: setTimeout loses XPCNativeWrappers (CVE-2009-2471)
10
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
07/22/2009
07/25/2018
06/14/2012
02/13/2015
Description
The setTimeout function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 does not properly preserve object wrapping, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted call, related to XPCNativeWrapper.
Solution(s)
- mozilla-firefox-upgrade-3_0_12
- mozilla-firefox-upgrade-3_5
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