HIGH
Firefox XUL garbage collection issue (cansecwest pwn2own)
Published Mar 23, 2009
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.49%
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.32.el2
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0398
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.36.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0398
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:3.0.7-3.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0397
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-40.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0398
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:1.9.0.7-3.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0397
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.32.el2 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0398 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.36.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0398 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:3.0.7-3.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0397 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-40.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0398 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:1.9.0.7-3.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0397 |
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.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
6.49% 0.06490
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.06490
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 (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 6.49% (0.06490) | 93.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.49% (0.06490) | 92.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Oct 16, 2025 | 7.84% (0.07842) | 91.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 9.12% (0.09116) | 91.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.88% (0.11885) | 89.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 9.12% (0.09116) | 92.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 65.57% (0.65570) | 98.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 91.34% (0.91337) | 99.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 1, 2024 | 91.84% (0.91836) | 98.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 90.81% (0.90815) | 98.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 16, 2024 | 91.53% (0.91529) | 98.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 12, 2024 | 91.01% (0.91013) | 98.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 5, 2024 | 91.38% (0.91383) | 98.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 91.84% (0.91836) | 98.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 87.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (40)
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934 x_refsource_MISC
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2941 x_refsource_MISC
- http://cansecwest.com/index.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009 x_refsource_MISC
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/18/pwn2own-2009-day-1---safari-internet-explorer-and-firefox-taken-down-by-four-zero-day-exploits x_refsource_MISC
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00008.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199652-83.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://osvdb.org/52896 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34471 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34505 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/34511 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34521 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34527 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34549 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34550 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34792 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-113.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://twitter.com/tippingpoint1/status/1351635812 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1756 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.h-online.com/security/Pwn2Own-2009-Safari-IE-8-and-Firefox-exploited--/news/112889 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:084 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-13.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0397.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0398.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502303/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34181 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021878 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-745-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0864 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-015 x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1044 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484320 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492212 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1044
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11368 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1044
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01023.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01040.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01077.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 23, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 23, 2009
Link CVE-2009-1044
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a