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MFSA2009-12 SeaMonkey: XSL Transformation vulnerability (CVE-2009-1169)

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MFSA2009-12 SeaMonkey: XSL Transformation vulnerability (CVE-2009-1169)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/26/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/03/2012
Modified
02/13/2015

Description

The txMozillaXSLTProcessor::TransformToDoc function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.8 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XML file with a crafted XSLT transform.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-seamonkey-upgrade-1_1_16

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