NVD - CVE-2009-3979

CVE-2009-3979 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 3.5.x before 3.5.6, SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, and Thunderbird allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 12/17/2009

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.3 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023333
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023334
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1956
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-65.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_63_firefox.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37349
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37361
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-873-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-874-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3547	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=293347
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457514
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=479931
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494617
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=506267
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=515811
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516237
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522374
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546694
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54799
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10956
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8487
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1673.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1674.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00995.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01034.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01041.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10956
Check System:: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:: http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10956

Identifier:: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8487
Check System:: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:: http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8487

Technical Details

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Change History

3 change records found - show changes

CVE Modified by MITRE - 9/18/2017 9:29:52 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10956 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8487 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10956 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8487 [No Types Assigned]

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-3979
NVD Published Date:
12/17/2009
NVD Last Modified:
09/18/2017

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