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CVE-2009-2465

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 and Thunderbird allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service...

10.0 High

CVE-2009-2465 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Mozilla Firefox, published July 22, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.41%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

Severity
10.0 HighCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
5.41%EPSS, 92nd percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 and Thunderbird allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors involving double frame construction, related to (1) nsHTMLContentSink.cpp, (2) nsXMLContentSink.cpp, and (3) nsPresShell.cpp, and the nsSubDocumentFrame::Reflow function.

Exploit likelihood

5.41%Down 2.8 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xulrunner
Debian:5.0
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 1.9.0.12-0lenny1, plus listed versions
1.9.0.10-11.9.0.11-0lenny11.9.0.11-11.9.0.5-11.9.0.6-1
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1.9.0.7-0lenny11.9.0.7-0lenny21.9.0.7-11.9.0.8-11.9.0.9-0lenny21.9.0.9-1
1.9.0.12-0lenny1
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:3.0.12-1.el4
0:3.0.12-1.el4
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:3.0.12-1.el4
0:3.0.12-1.el4
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:3.0.12-1.el4
0:3.0.12-1.el4
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:3.0.12-1.el4
0:3.0.12-1.el4
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:3.0.12-1.el4
0:3.0.12-1.el4
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:3.0.12-1.el4
0:3.0.12-1.el4
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:3.0.12-1.el4
0:3.0.12-1.el4
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:3.0.12-1.el4
0:3.0.12-1.el4
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
xulrunner-devel-unstable
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:3.0.12-1.el5_3
0:3.0.12-1.el5_3
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:3.0.12-1.el5_3
0:3.0.12-1.el5_3
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:3.0.12-1.el5_3
0:3.0.12-1.el5_3
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:3.0.12-1.el5_3
0:3.0.12-1.el5_3
xulrunner
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
xulrunner-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
xulrunner-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
xulrunner-devel-unstable
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3

What each source reports

NVD Score used10.0

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 and Thunderbird allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors involving double frame construction, related to (1) nsHTMLContentSink.cpp, (2) nsXMLContentSink.cpp, and (3) nsPresShell.cpp, and the nsSubDocumentFrame::Reflow function.

Record
CVE-2009-2465
CVSS 2.0
10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-399
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 and Thunderbird allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors involving double frame construction, related to (1) nsHTMLContentSink.cpp, (2) nsXMLContentSink.cpp, and (3) nsPresShell.cpp, and the nsSubDocumentFrame::Reflow function.

Record
CVE-2009-2465
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-2460No score

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 and Thunderbird allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors involving double frame construction, related to (1) nsHTMLContentSink.cpp, (2) nsXMLContentSink.cpp, and (3) nsPresShell.cpp, and the nsSubDocumentFrame::Reflow function.

Record
EUVD-2009-2460
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7x2r-cg6w-8rwfNo score

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 and Thunderbird allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service...

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 and Thunderbird allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors involving double frame construction, related to (1) nsHTMLContentSink.cpp, (2) nsXMLContentSink.cpp, and (3) nsPresShell.cpp, and the nsSubDocumentFrame::Reflow function.

Record
GHSA-7x2r-cg6w-8rwf
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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