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CVE-2009-2471 (GCVE-0-2009-2471)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-07-22 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:52
VLAI
Summary
The setTimeout function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 does not properly preserve object wrapping, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted call, related to XPCNativeWrapper.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfs… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://secunia.com/advisories/36145 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/35944 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1162.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/36005 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460882 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35914 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1972 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Date Public
2009-07-21 00:00
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