CVE-2009-0071 EXPLOIT
2.6
LOW · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 6.6% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 and earlier 3.0.x versions, when designMode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a certain (a) replaceChild or (b) removeChild call, followed by a (1) queryCommandValue, (2) queryCommandState, or (3) queryCommandIndeterm call. NOTE: it was later reported that 3.0.6 and 3.0.7 are also affected.
Scoring
| CVSS | 2.6 (LOW, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 6.59% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-01-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6 - BODY onload Remote Crash | 2009-02-23 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0220.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0223.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0224.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33154
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448329
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=456727
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472507
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8091
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8219
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0220.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0223.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0224.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33154
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448329
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=456727
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472507
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8091
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8219
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