CVE-2009-2043

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-06-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

nsViewManager.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2 through 3.0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via vectors related to interaction with TinyMCE.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.0.7 (+3)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35413
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=490425
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488570
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51197
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35413
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=490425
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488570
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51197
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html

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