CVE - CVE-2009-2477

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-2477	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
js/src/jstracer.cpp in the Just-in-time (JIT) JavaScript compiler (aka TraceMonkey) in Mozilla Firefox 3.5 before 3.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain use of the escape function that triggers access to uninitialized memory locations, as originally demonstrated by a document containing P and FONT elements.
References
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BID:35660 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35660 CERT-VN:VU#443060 URL:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/443060 CONFIRM:http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2009/07/14/critical-javascript-vulnerability-in-firefox-35/ CONFIRM:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-41.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503286 EXPLOIT-DB:40936 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40936/ EXPLOIT-DB:9137 URL:http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9137 EXPLOIT-DB:9181 URL:http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9181 FEDORA:FEDORA-2009-7898 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00909.html MISC:http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6796 MISC:http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/07/stopgap_fix_for_critical_firef.html MISC:http://www.h-online.com/security/First-Zero-Day-Exploit-for-Firefox-3-5--/news/113761 SECUNIA:35798 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35798 SUNALERT:266148 URL:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266148-1 VUPEN:ADV-2009-1868 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1868
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20090715	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20090715)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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