Mozilla data corruption with SOCKS5 reply
Published Aug 4, 2009
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.99%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12, and 3.5.x before 3.5.2, allows remote SOCKS5 proxy servers to cause a denial of service (data stream corruption) via a long domain name in a reply.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 3.5.1
- 0.1
- 0.2
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 0.6.1
- 0.7
- 0.7.1
- 0.8
- 0.9
- 0.9
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.9_rc
- 0.10
- 0.10.1
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.4.1
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 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
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
- 1.5.8
- 1.8
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 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
- 2.0.0.21
- 2.0_.1
- 2.0_.4
- 2.0_.5
- 2.0_.6
- 2.0_.7
- 2.0_.9
- 2.0_.10
- 2.0_8
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.10
- 3.0.11
- 3.0.12
- 3.5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.40.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1163
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:3.0.12-1.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1162
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-45.el4_8
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1163
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-25.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0154
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:3.0.12-1.el5_3
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1162
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:2.0.0.24-2.el5_4
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0153
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1162
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.40.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1163 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:3.0.12-1.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1162 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-45.el4_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1163 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-25.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0154 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:3.0.12-1.el5_3 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1162 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:2.0.0.24-2.el5_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0153 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1162 |
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: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 2, 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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.99% (0.01991) | 79.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.99% (0.01991) | 77.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.58% (0.02581) | 84.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.86% (0.03863) | 80.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.37% (0.02367) | 83.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.16% (0.02156) | 89.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.00% (0.01999) | 87.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36126 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266148-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-38.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35925 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022665 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2142 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2470 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459524 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512145 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52252 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2470
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10197 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2470
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00198.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00261.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
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