CVE-2009-1313

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-04-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The nsTextFrame::ClearTextRun function in layout/generic/nsTextFrameThebes.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and probably execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability reportedly exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2009-1302.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: 3.0.9

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/34851
http://secunia.com/advisories/34866
http://secunia.com/advisories/34910
http://secunia.com/advisories/34919
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022126
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022127
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.350967
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:111
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-23.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34743
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-765-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1180

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