Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 and earlier 3.0.x versions, when designMode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a certain (a) replaceChild or (b) removeChild call, followed by a (1) queryCommandValue, (2) queryCommandState, or (3) queryCommandIndeterm call
Published Jan 8, 2009
2.6
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.59%
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 and earlier 3.0.x versions, when designMode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a certain (a) replaceChild or (b) removeChild call, followed by a (1) queryCommandValue, (2) queryCommandState, or (3) queryCommandIndeterm call. NOTE: it was later reported that 3.0.6 and 3.0.7 are also affected.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat does not consider a crash of a client application such as Firefox to be a security issue.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.59% (0.06586) | 93.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.59% (0.06586) | 92.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 8, 2026 | 10.18% (0.10185) | 92.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 7.00% (0.06999) | 91.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 27, 2025 | 5.85% (0.05850) | 90.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 7.15% (0.07151) | 90.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.32% (0.08324) | 86.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.15% (0.07151) | 90.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 7.45% (0.07447) | 94.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 19, 2023 | 7.45% (0.07447) | 93.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.40% (0.05398) | 91.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 94.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 94.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 88.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0220.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0223.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0224.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33154 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0071 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448329 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=456727 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472507 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0071
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0071
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8091 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8219 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0220.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0223.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0224.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33154 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0071 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448329 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=456727 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472507 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0071 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0071 | ||
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8091 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8219 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
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