FKIE_CVE-2009-1837
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-06-12 21:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:08
Severity
Summary
Race condition in the NPObjWrapper_NewResolve function in modules/plugin/base/src/nsJSNPRuntime.cpp in xul.dll in Mozilla Firefox 3 before 3.0.11 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a page transition during Java applet loading, related to a use-after-free vulnerability for memory associated with a destroyed Java object.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | * | |
| debian | debian_linux | 5.0 | |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 9 | |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 10 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 4.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 5.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 4.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 5.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | 4.8 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | 5.3 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 4.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 5.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | 5.3 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 4.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 5.0 |
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