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CVE-2009-3979

First published: Fri Dec 11 2009(Updated: )

Mozilla developers and community members identified and fixed several stability bugs in the browser engine used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products. Some of these crashes showed evidence of memory corruption under certain circumstances and we presume that with enough effort at least some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. Jesse Ruderman, Josh Soref, Martijn Wargers, Jose Angel, and Olli Pettay reported crashes in the browser engine which affected both Firefox 3 and Firefox 3.5.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1.10
Firefox=0.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0.3
Firefox=0.8
Firefox=2.0.0.12
Firefox=1.5-beta2
Firefox=2.0_.7
Firefox=3.5.3
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1.8
Firefox=3.0.7
Firefox=1.5.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1.7
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.5.0.10
Firefox=3.0.9
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0.6
Firefox=1.5.0.6
Firefox=1.8
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0.9
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1.3
Firefox=2.0.0.2
Firefox=1.5.0.10
Firefox=1.5.0.3
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0a1pre
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0
Firefox=3.0.8
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1.17
Firefox=1.5.0.11
Firefox=1.4.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0.99
Firefox=1.5.4
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0-alpha_2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1.5
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0.7
Firefox=1.0.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0-beta
Firefox=3.5.5
Firefox=3.0.4
Firefox=1.5-beta1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1-alpha
Firefox=2.0_8
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0-alpha_3
Firefox=3.5.4
Firefox=2.0_.9
Firefox=3.0.5
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0-alpha
Firefox<=3.0.15
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0a1
Firefox=1.5
Firefox=0.9.1
Firefox=1.0.4
Firefox=2.0.0.7
Firefox=1.0.7
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1.12
Firefox=3.5.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1
Firefox=2.0.0.9
Firefox=0.10.1
Firefox=2.0_.1
Firefox=3.0.14
Firefox=3.5.2
Firefox=0.9
Firefox=2.0.0.16
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1.14
Firefox=3.0-beta2
Firefox=1.5.6
Firefox=2.0.0.17
Firefox=0.7
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1.2
Firefox=2.0.0.15
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0-beta_2
Firefox=3.0.10
Firefox=0.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0.8
Firefox=0.3
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1.11
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0-alpha_1
Firefox=2.0_.10
Firefox=3.0.12
Firefox=1.0
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.5.0.9
Firefox=3.0.3
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1-beta
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1.1
Firefox=1.5.0.7
Firefox=2.0
Firefox=1.0.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.5.0.8
Firefox=2.0-beta1
Firefox=2.0.0.14
Firefox=0.6
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0.5
Firefox=0.7.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1.15
Firefox=3.0.6
Firefox=1.5.0.8
Firefox=2.0_.5
Firefox=2.0.0.3
Firefox=1.5.0.9
Firefox=1.5.0.5
Firefox=1.5.7
Firefox=1.5.0.12
Firefox=2.0.0.6
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1.6
Firefox=3.0
Firefox=2.0.0.11
Firefox=1.5.0.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1.16
Firefox=1.0.3
Firefox=3.0.1
Firefox=2.0.0.4
Firefox=0.5
Firefox=0.6.1
Firefox=1.5.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0-beta_1
Firefox=2.0.0.21
Firefox=0.9.3
Firefox=2.0.0.13
Firefox=2.0.0.18
Firefox=2.0-rc2
Firefox=2.0.0.1
Firefox=3.0.2
Firefox=2.0_.6
Firefox=2.0_.4
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0-rc1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0.4
Firefox=1.5.5
Firefox=0.9.2
Firefox=1.0-preview_release
Mozilla SeaMonkey<=2.0
Firefox=2.0-beta_1
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1.9
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1.13
Firefox=2.0.0.20
Firefox=2.0.0.8
Firefox=3.0-beta5
Firefox=0.9-rc
Firefox=2.0.0.19
Firefox=1.5.8
Firefox=1.5.3
Firefox=0.4
Firefox=1.5.0.4
Firefox=1.5.0.1
Firefox=3.0.13
Firefox=0.10
Firefox=1.0.5
Firefox=2.0.0.5
Mozilla SeaMonkey=2.0
Firefox=2.0.0.10
Firefox=2.0-rc3
Firefox=3.0-alpha
Firefox=1.0.6
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.1.4
Firefox=1.0.8
Firefox=3.0.11

Remedy

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-65.html

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2009-3979?

    CVE-2009-3979 has been classified as a moderate severity vulnerability due to the potential for memory corruption leading to application crashes.

  • How do I fix CVE-2009-3979?

    To mitigate CVE-2009-3979, update Mozilla Firefox to version 3.0.15 or later, as the vulnerability has been addressed in those releases.

  • What products are affected by CVE-2009-3979?

    CVE-2009-3979 affects multiple versions of Mozilla Firefox prior to 3.0.15 as well as several early versions of the browser.

  • Can CVE-2009-3979 be exploited remotely?

    Yes, CVE-2009-3979 can potentially be exploited remotely if a user visits a malicious web page designed to trigger the vulnerability.

  • What are the symptoms of CVE-2009-3979 exploitation?

    Symptoms of exploitation of CVE-2009-3979 typically include unexpected crashes or freezing of the browser, indicating memory corruption.

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