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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2009-1838

The garbage-collection implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 sets an element's owner document to null in unspecified circumstances, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted event handler, related to an incorrect context for this event handler.
Publish Date : 2009-06-12 Last Update Date : 2018-10-30
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
9.3
Confidentiality Impact Complete (There is total information disclosure, resulting in all system files being revealed.)
Integrity Impact Complete (There is a total compromise of system integrity. There is a complete loss of system protection, resulting in the entire system being compromised.)
Availability Impact Complete (There is a total shutdown of the affected resource. The attacker can render the resource completely unavailable.)
Access Complexity Medium (The access conditions are somewhat specialized. Some preconditions must be satistified to exploit)
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s)
CWE ID 94

- Additional Vendor Supplied Data

Vendor Impact CVSS Score CVSS Vector Report Date Publish Date
Redhat critical
6.8
 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 2009-05-30 2009-06-11
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- Related OVAL Definitions

Title Definition Id Class Family
CVE-2009-1838 oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20091838 unix
DSA-1820 xulrunner -- several vulnerabilities oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7872 unix
DSA-1820-1 xulrunner -- several vulnerabilities oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13425 unix
DSA-1830 icedove -- several vulnerabilities oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8036 unix
DSA-1830-1 icedove -- several vulnerabilities oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13378 unix
ELSA-2009:1095: firefox security update (Critical) oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22817 unix
ELSA-2009:1126: thunderbird security update (Moderate) oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22628 unix
RHSA-2009:1095 -- firefox security update (Critical) oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29396 unix
RHSA-2009:1095: firefox security update (Critical) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20091095 unix
RHSA-2009:1096: seamonkey security update (Critical) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20091096 unix
RHSA-2009:1125: thunderbird security update (Moderate) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20091125 unix
RHSA-2009:1126 -- thunderbird security update (Moderate) oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29183 unix
RHSA-2009:1126: thunderbird security update (Moderate) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20091126 unix
The garbage-collection implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey befor... oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11080 unix
OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language) definitions define exactly what should be done to verify a vulnerability or a missing patch. Check out the OVAL definitions if you want to learn what you should do to verify a vulnerability.

- Products Affected By CVE-2009-1838

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 Application Mozilla Firefox 0.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
2 Application Mozilla Firefox 0.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
3 Application Mozilla Firefox 0.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
4 Application Mozilla Firefox 0.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
5 Application Mozilla Firefox 0.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
6 Application Mozilla Firefox 0.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
7 Application Mozilla Firefox 0.6.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
8 Application Mozilla Firefox 0.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
9 Application Mozilla Firefox 0.7.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
10 Application Mozilla Firefox 0.8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
11 Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9 Rc Version Details Vulnerabilities
12 Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9 Version Details Vulnerabilities
13 Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9 RC Version Details Vulnerabilities
14 Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
15 Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
16 Application Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
17 Application Mozilla Firefox 0.10 Version Details Vulnerabilities
18 Application Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
19 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
20 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Preview Release Version Details Vulnerabilities
21 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
22 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
23 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
24 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
25 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
26 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
27 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 Linux Version Details Vulnerabilities
28 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
29 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
30 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.4.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
31 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
32 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
33 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
34 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
35 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
36 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
37 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
38 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
39 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
40 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
41 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
42 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.9 Version Details Vulnerabilities
43 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.10 Version Details Vulnerabilities
44 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.11 Version Details Vulnerabilities
45 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.12 Version Details Vulnerabilities
46 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
47 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
48 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
49 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
50 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
51 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
52 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
53 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
54 Application Mozilla Firefox 1.8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
55 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
56 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 RC2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
57 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 RC3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
58 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
59 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
60 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Beta1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
61 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
62 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
63 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
64 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
65 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
66 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
67 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
68 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
69 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9 Version Details Vulnerabilities
70 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10 Version Details Vulnerabilities
71 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 Version Details Vulnerabilities
72 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12 Version Details Vulnerabilities
73 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13 Version Details Vulnerabilities
74 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 Version Details Vulnerabilities
75 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.15 Version Details Vulnerabilities
76 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16 Version Details Vulnerabilities
77 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.17 Version Details Vulnerabilities
78 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.18 Version Details Vulnerabilities
79 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.19 Version Details Vulnerabilities
80 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.20 Version Details Vulnerabilities
81 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.21 Version Details Vulnerabilities
82 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
83 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
84 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
85 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
86 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
87 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .9 Version Details Vulnerabilities
88 Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .10 Version Details Vulnerabilities
89 Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Alpha Version Details Vulnerabilities
90 Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
91 Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
92 Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0beta5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
93 Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
94 Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
95 Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
96 Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
97 Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
98 Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
99 Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
100 Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
101 Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
102 Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9 Version Details Vulnerabilities
103 Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 Version Details Vulnerabilities
104 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 Beta Version Details Vulnerabilities
105 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 DEV Version Details Vulnerabilities
106 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 Alpha Version Details Vulnerabilities
107 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 Beta Version Details Vulnerabilities
108 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
109 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 Alpha Version Details Vulnerabilities
110 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
111 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
112 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
113 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
114 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
115 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.9 Version Details Vulnerabilities
116 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.99 Version Details Vulnerabilities
117 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
118 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 Alpha Version Details Vulnerabilities
119 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 Beta Version Details Vulnerabilities
120 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
121 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
122 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
123 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.5 1.1.10 Version Details Vulnerabilities
124 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
125 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
126 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
127 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.9 Version Details Vulnerabilities
128 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.10 Version Details Vulnerabilities
129 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.11 Version Details Vulnerabilities
130 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.12 Version Details Vulnerabilities
131 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.13 Version Details Vulnerabilities
132 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.15 Version Details Vulnerabilities
133 Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.16 Version Details Vulnerabilities
134 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
135 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
136 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
137 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
138 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
139 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
140 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
141 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
142 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
143 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
144 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
145 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 Version Details Vulnerabilities
146 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
147 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
148 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
149 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
150 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
151 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
152 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5 Beta Version Details Vulnerabilities
153 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
154 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
155 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
156 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
157 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 Beta2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
158 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
159 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
160 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
161 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
162 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
163 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
164 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
165 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
166 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 Version Details Vulnerabilities
167 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 Version Details Vulnerabilities
168 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.11 Version Details Vulnerabilities
169 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 Version Details Vulnerabilities
170 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 Version Details Vulnerabilities
171 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 Version Details Vulnerabilities
172 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
173 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
174 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.7.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
175 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 1.7.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
176 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
177 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
178 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
179 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
180 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
181 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
182 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
183 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
184 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.7 Version Details Vulnerabilities
185 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.8 Version Details Vulnerabilities
186 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 Version Details Vulnerabilities
187 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.11 Version Details Vulnerabilities
188 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 Version Details Vulnerabilities
189 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.13 Version Details Vulnerabilities
190 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 Version Details Vulnerabilities
191 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.15 Version Details Vulnerabilities
192 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 Version Details Vulnerabilities
193 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 Version Details Vulnerabilities
194 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 Version Details Vulnerabilities
195 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 Version Details Vulnerabilities
196 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
197 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .5 Version Details Vulnerabilities
198 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .6 Version Details Vulnerabilities
199 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .9 Version Details Vulnerabilities
200 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .12 Version Details Vulnerabilities
201 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .13 Version Details Vulnerabilities
202 Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .14 Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Mozilla Firefox 103
Mozilla Seamonkey 30
Mozilla Thunderbird 69

- References For CVE-2009-1838

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html
FEDORA FEDORA-2009-6411
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00574.html
FEDORA FEDORA-2009-6366
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00504.html
FEDORA FEDORA-2009-7614
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489131 CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503580 CONFIRM
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00444.html
FEDORA FEDORA-2009-7567
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html
REDHAT RHSA-2009:1095
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572
VUPEN ADV-2009-1572
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-782-1
UBUNTU USN-782-1
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1125.html
REDHAT RHSA-2009:1125
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1126.html
REDHAT RHSA-2009:1126
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326
BID 35326 RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2009-24 through 32 Multiple Vulnerabilities Release Date:2009-07-07
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35383
BID 35383 Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Null Owner Document Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability Release Date:2009-08-21
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022397
SECTRACK 1022397
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-29.html CONFIRM
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.454275
SLACKWARE SSA:2009-178-01
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.425408
SLACKWARE SSA:2009-176-01
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820
DEBIAN DSA-1820
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1830
DEBIAN DSA-1830
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:141
MANDRIVA MDVSA-2009:141
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1
SUNALERT 264308
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.372468
SLACKWARE SSA:2009-167-01
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1096.html
REDHAT RHSA-2009:1096

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2009-1838

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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