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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-2472 Detail

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 does not always use XPCCrossOriginWrapper when required during object construction, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted document, related to a "cross origin wrapper bypass."


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00005.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1162.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35914 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35944 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36005 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36145 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-265068-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020800.1-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-40.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1972 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2152 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=479288 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481434 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=497102 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9497 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01032.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-2472
NVD Published Date:
07/22/2009
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.