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CVE-2009-3988

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not...

5.0 Medium

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly restrict read access to object properties in showModalDialog, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted dialogArguments values.

Exploit likelihood

2.13%Down 1.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly restrict read access to object properties in showModalDialog, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted dialogArguments values.

Record
CVE-2009-3988
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-264
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly restrict read access to object properties in showModalDialog, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted dialogArguments values.

Record
CVE-2009-3988
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-3959 No score

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly restrict read access to object properties in showModalDialog, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted dialogArguments values.

Record
EUVD-2009-3959
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rjp9-ghg2-39qp No score

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not...

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly restrict read access to object properties in showModalDialog, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted dialogArguments values.

Record
GHSA-rjp9-ghg2-39qp
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1 No score

seamonkey-2.40-6.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the seamonkey-2.40-6.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xulrunner
Debian:5.0
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 1.9.0.18-1, plus listed versions
1.9.0.10-11.9.0.11-0lenny11.9.0.11-11.9.0.12-0lenny11.9.0.12-1
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1.9.0.13-0lenny11.9.0.13-11.9.0.14-0lenny11.9.0.14-11.9.0.15-0lenny11.9.0.16-11.9.0.5-11.9.0.6-11.9.0.7-0lenny11.9.0.7-0lenny21.9.0.7-11.9.0.8-11.9.0.9-0lenny21.9.0.9-1
1.9.0.18-1
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.18-1.el4
0:3.0.18-1.el4
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.18-1.el4
0:3.0.18-1.el4
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.18-1.el4
0:3.0.18-1.el4
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.18-1.el4
0:3.0.18-1.el4
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.18-1.el4
0:3.0.18-1.el4
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.18-1.el4
0:3.0.18-1.el4
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.18-1.el4
0:3.0.18-1.el4
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.18-1.el4
0:3.0.18-1.el4
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
xulrunner-devel-unstable
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.18-1.el5_4
0:3.0.18-1.el5_4
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.18-1.el5_4
0:3.0.18-1.el5_4
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.18-1.el5_4
0:3.0.18-1.el5_4
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.0.18-1.el5_4
0:3.0.18-1.el5_4
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
xulrunner-devel-unstable
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4
0:1.9.0.18-1.el5_4

History

History
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In short

CVE-2009-3988 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Mozilla Firefox, published February 18, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.13%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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