CVE-2009-1838
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 4.8%EU EUVD
The garbage-collection implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 sets an element's owner document to null in unspecified circumstances, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted event handler, related to an incorrect context for this event handler.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 4.8% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1833)
- Published
- June 12, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1833 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
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References
- http://osvdb.org/55157
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1096.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35331(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35415
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35428(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35431(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35439(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35440(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35468
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35536
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35561
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35602
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35882
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.372468
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.425408
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1830
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:141
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-29.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1125.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1126.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35383
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022397
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.454275
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-782-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489131
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503580
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11080
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00444.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00504.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00574.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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