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CVE-2009-1832

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1832 is a denial-of-service and potential arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey versions prior to 3.0.11, 2.0.0.22, and 1.1.17 respectively. The vulnerability, stemming from "double frame construction," carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0918 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:3.0.11-4.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:3.0.11-2.el5_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xulrunner-0:1.9.0.11-3.el5_3
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-1832Critical

Firefox double frame construction flaw

Jun 11, 2009

References

osvdb.org / 55148
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/35331
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35415
secunia.com / advisories/35431
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35439
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35440
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35468
secunia.com / advisories/35561
secunia.com / advisories/35602
secunia.com / advisories/35882
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10237
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html
PatchVendor Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00444.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00504.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00574.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.html
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1820
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1830
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-24.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/35326
securityfocus.com / bid/35371
securitytracker.com / id
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1572
PatchVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2152