CVE-2009-1840

N/A Unknown
Published: June 12, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey do not check content policy before loading a script file into a XUL document, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted HTML document, as demonstrated by a "web bug" in an e-mail message, or web script or an advertisement in a web page.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/55158
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/35331
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35415
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/35431
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35439
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35440
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35468
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-31.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/55158
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/35331
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35415
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/35431
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35439
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35440
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35468
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:141
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-31.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022379
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=477979
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503582
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51076
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

44 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.4%
80th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

mozilla