CVE-2009-2479

Mozilla Firefox 3.5 - Unicode Remote Buffer Overflow (PoC)

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x, 3.5, and 3.5.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uncaught exception and application crash) via a long Unicode string argument to the write method. NOTE: this was originally reported as a stack-based buffer overflow. NOTE: on Linux and Mac OS X, a crash resulting from this long string reportedly occurs in an operating-system library, not in Firefox.

Firefox de Mozilla versiones 3.0.x, 3.5 y 3.5.1 en Windows, permite a los atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (excepción no detectada y bloqueo de aplicación) por medio de un argumento de cadena Unicode largo en el método write. NOTA: esto se reportó originalmente como un desbordamiento de búfer en la región stack de la memoria. NOTA: en Linux y Mac OS X, un bloqueo resultante de esta cadena larga se produce en una biblioteca de sistema operativo, no en Firefox.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.8

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2009-07-15 First Exploit
2009-07-16 CVE Reserved
2009-07-16 CVE Published
2024-02-24 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (12)

URL	Tag	Source
http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2009/07/19/milw0rm-9158-stack-overflow-crash-not-exploitable-cve-2009-2479	X_refsource_confirm
http://osvdb.org/55931	Vdb Entry
http://websecurity.com.ua/3338	X_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505092/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022580	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504342	X_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504343	X_refsource_misc
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51729	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9158	2009-07-15
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9158	2024-08-07
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35707	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00909.html	2018-10-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				3.0.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "3.0.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				3.0.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "3.0.2"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				3.0.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "3.0.3"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				3.0.4 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "3.0.4"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				3.0.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "3.0.5"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				3.0.6 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "3.0.6"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				3.0.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "3.0.7"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				3.0.8 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "3.0.8"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				3.0.9 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "3.0.9"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				3.0.10 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "3.0.10"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				3.0.11 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "3.0.11"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				3.0.12 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "3.0.12"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				3.0.13 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "3.0.13"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				3.0.14 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "3.0.14"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				3.0.15 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "3.0.15"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				3.0.16 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "3.0.16"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				3.0.17 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "3.0.17"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				3.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "3.5"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				3.5.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "3.5.1"		-		Affected