CVE-2009-2471

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-07-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The setTimeout function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 does not properly preserve object wrapping, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted call, related to XPCNativeWrapper.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 3.0.11; 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 (+87)

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/35944
http://secunia.com/advisories/36005
http://secunia.com/advisories/36145
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-39.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1972
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460882
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10572

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