CVE-2009-1169 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.5% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The txMozillaXSLTProcessor::TransformToDoc function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.8 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XML file with a crafted XSLT transform.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 10.46% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-03-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Mozilla Firefox XSL - Parsing Remote Memory Corruption (PoC) (1) | 2009-03-25 |
References
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3013
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00009.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34471
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34486
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34505
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34510
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34511
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34521
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34527
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34549
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34550
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34792
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-113.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1756
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:084
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-12.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0397.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0398.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34235
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