CVE-2009-1044 (GCVE-0-2009-1044)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-03-23 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 04:57
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2320 records in the last 180 days details
References
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2009-03-18 00:00
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            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
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      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T13:12:45+00:00",
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      "title": "Firefox XUL garbage collection issue (cansecwest pwn2own)",
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}



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