CVE-2009-3382 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.8% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
layout/base/nsCSSFrameConstructor.cpp in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.15 does not properly handle first-letter frames, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 10.84% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-10-29 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Mozilla Firefox 3.0.14 - Remote Memory Corruption | 2009-10-27 |
References
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-272909-1
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-64.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3334
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514960
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11219
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5581
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-272909-1
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-64.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3334
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514960
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11219
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5581
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