Firefox 3 crashes in the JavaScript engine
Published Mar 5, 2009
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.79%
Description
The JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.7, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.21, and SeaMonkey 1.1.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a splice of an array that contains "some non-set elements," which causes jsarray.cpp to pass an incorrect argument to the ResizeSlots function, which triggers memory corruption; (2) vectors related to js_DecompileValueGenerator, jsopcode.cpp, __defineSetter__, and watch, which triggers an assertion failure or a segmentation fault; and (3) vectors related to gczeal, __defineSetter__, and watch, which triggers a hang.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 3.0.6
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.5
- 1.5.0.1
- 1.5.0.2
- 1.5.0.3
- 1.5.0.4
- 1.5.0.5
- 1.5.0.6
- 1.5.0.7
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 1.5.0.11
- 1.5.0.12
- 2.0
- 2.0.0.1
- 2.0.0.2
- 2.0.0.3
- 2.0.0.4
- 2.0.0.5
- 2.0.0.6
- 2.0.0.7
- 2.0.0.8
- 2.0.0.9
- 2.0.0.10
- 2.0.0.11
- 2.0.0.12
- 2.0.0.13
- 2.0.0.14
- 2.0.0.15
- 2.0.0.16
- 2.0.0.17
- 2.0.0.18
- 2.0.0.19
- 2.0.0.20
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- ≤ 1.1.14
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.0.9
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.7
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.9
- 1.1.10
- 1.1.11
- 1.1.12
- 1.1.13
- ≤ 2.0.0.20
- 2.0.0.0
- 2.0.0.4
- 2.0.0.5
- 2.0.0.6
- 2.0.0.9
- 2.0.0.12
- 2.0.0.14
- 2.0.0.16
- 2.0.0.17
- 2.0.0.18
- 2.0.0.19
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:3.0.7-1.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0315
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:3.0.7-1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0315
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:1.9.0.7-1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0315
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:3.0.7-1.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0315 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:3.0.7-1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0315 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:1.9.0.7-1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0315 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 | 5.79% (0.05789) | 92.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.79% (0.05789) | 92.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 9.17% (0.09167) | 91.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 10.77% (0.10769) | 92.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 11, 2025 | 91.92% (0.91917) | 99.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 3, 2025 | 90.33% (0.90327) | 99.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 91.87% (0.91868) | 99.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 18, 2024 | 94.07% (0.94073) | 99.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 13, 2023 | 93.72% (0.93724) | 98.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 7, 2023 | 93.15% (0.93151) | 98.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 93.84% (0.93838) | 98.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 93.49th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 92.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 82.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (34)
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488276 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0773
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