CVE-2009-1837 describes a race condition in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.0.11, specifically within the NPObjWrapper_NewResolve function, which could lead to remote code execution. This vulnerability, affecting products like Debian, Fedora, and Red Hat, stems from a use-after-free error when a page transition occurs during Java applet loading. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), successful exploitation requires user interaction and a high attack complexity, but could result in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.0, < 3.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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