CVE-2009-1169

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-03-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

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.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 3.0.7; 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 (+91)

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

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