CVE-2009-1841

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-06-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

js/src/xpconnect/src/xpcwrappedjsclass.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script with the privileges of a chrome object, as demonstrated by the browser sidebar and the FeedWriter.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 3.0.10; 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 (+95)
Mozilla Seamonkey: through 1.1.16; 1.0, 1.0-alpha, 1.0-beta, 1.0.1, 1.0.3, 1.0.4 (+20)
Mozilla Thunderbird: through 2.0.0.19; 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 (+62)

References

http://osvdb.org/55159
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1096.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35331
http://secunia.com/advisories/35415
http://secunia.com/advisories/35428
http://secunia.com/advisories/35431
http://secunia.com/advisories/35439
http://secunia.com/advisories/35440
http://secunia.com/advisories/35468
http://secunia.com/advisories/35536
http://secunia.com/advisories/35561
http://secunia.com/advisories/35602

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