National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1313
Original release date:04/30/2009
Last revised:08/21/2010
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The nsTextFrame::ClearTextRun function in layout/generic/nsTextFrameThebes.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and probably execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability reportedly exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2009-1302.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:0449
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=497447
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=490233
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489676
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489647
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1180
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-765-1
External Source: BID
Name: 34743
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-23.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2009:111
External Source: SLACKWARE
Name: SSA:2009-118-01
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022127
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022126
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34919
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34910
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34866
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34851
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10446
References to Check Content
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10446
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Technical Details
- Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)