CVE-2009-2464

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-07-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The nsXULTemplateQueryProcessorRDF::CheckIsSeparator function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12, SeaMonkey 2.0a1pre, and Thunderbird allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to loading multiple RDF files in a XUL tree element.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 3.0.11; 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 (+87)
Mozilla Seamonkey: 2.0a1pre
Mozilla Thunderbird: 2.0.0.0, 2.0.0.1, 2.0.0.2, 2.0.0.3, 2.0.0.4, 2.0.0.5 (+15)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00002.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1162.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35914
http://secunia.com/advisories/35943
http://secunia.com/advisories/35944
http://secunia.com/advisories/36005
http://secunia.com/advisories/36145
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-265068-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020800.1-1
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-34.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758

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