FKIE_CVE-2009-0071

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-01-08 19:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:04
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Summary
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 and earlier 3.0.x versions, when designMode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a certain (a) replaceChild or (b) removeChild call, followed by a (1) queryCommandValue, (2) queryCommandState, or (3) queryCommandIndeterm call. NOTE: it was later reported that 3.0.6 and 3.0.7 are also affected.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0220.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0223.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0224.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33154Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448329
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=456727
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472507
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8091
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8219
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0220.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0223.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0224.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33154Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448329
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=456727
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472507
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8091
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8219
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox 3.0
mozilla firefox 3.0
mozilla firefox 3.0
mozilla firefox 3.0
mozilla firefox 3.0.1
mozilla firefox 3.0.2
mozilla firefox 3.0.3
mozilla firefox 3.0.4
mozilla firefox 3.0.5
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