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CVE-2009-3072

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3072 describes multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine of Mozilla Firefox (versions before 3.0.14 and 3.5.3), Thunderbird (before 2.0.0.24), and SeaMonkey (before 1.1.19). These flaws, particularly one related to the BinHex decoder, allow remote attackers to trigger a denial of service through memory corruption and application crashes, and potentially execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is critical, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in the KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.0.13CPE 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

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0527 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (10)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:2.0.0.24-2.el5_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.45.el3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:3.0.14-1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: nspr-0:4.7.5-1.el4_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-48.el4_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-25.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:3.0.14-1.el5_4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: nspr-0:4.7.5-1.el5_4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xulrunner-0:1.9.0.14-1.el5_4
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mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-3072Critical

Firefox 3.5.3 3.0.14 browser engine crashes

Sep 9, 2009

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/36669
secunia.com / advisories/36670
secunia.com / advisories/36671
secunia.com / advisories/36692
secunia.com / advisories/37098
secunia.com / advisories/38977
secunia.com / advisories/39001
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10349
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6315
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1885
mozilla.org / security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-47.html
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-07.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2009_48_firefox.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1430.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1431.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1432.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html
securityfocus.com / bid/36343
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-915-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0648
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0650