CVE-2009-3389

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: 2009-12-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in libtheora in Xiph.Org Theora before 1.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox 3.5 before 3.5.6 and SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a video with large dimensions.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3, 3.5.4, 3.5.5
Mozilla Seamonkey: through 2.0; 1.0, 1.0-alpha, 1.0-beta, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3 (+39)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/37699
http://secunia.com/advisories/37785
http://secunia.com/advisories/37856
http://secunia.com/advisories/37881
http://secunia.com/advisories/39317
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:043
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-67.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_63_firefox.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37349
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37368

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