CVE-2009-2664

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-08-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The js_watch_set function in js/src/jsdbgapi.cpp in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .js file, related to a "memory safety bug." NOTE: this was originally reported as affecting versions before 3.0.13.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 3.5.1; 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 (+95)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/36126
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266148-1
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-45.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35927
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2142
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501270
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9806
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00198.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00261.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/36126
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266148-1
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-45.html

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