Explain CVE-2009-1044
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 on Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to the _moveToEdgeShift XUL tree method, which triggers garbage collection on objects that are still in use, as demonstrated by Nils during a PWN2OWN competition at CanSecWest 2009.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '1021878', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021878'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/18/pwn2own-2009-day-1---safari-internet-explorer-and-firefox-taken-down-by-four-zero-day-exploits'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://twitter.com/tippingpoint1/status/1351635812'}, {'name': '34510', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/34510'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2009-3101', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01077.html'}, {'name': '34511', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/34511'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2009:084', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:084'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2009:0397', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0397.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://cansecwest.com/index.html'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SA:2009:022', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00008.html'}, {'name': '34505', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/34505'}, {'name': '34521', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/34521'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2009:0398', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0398.html'}, {'name': '20090330 ZDI-09-015: Mozilla Firefox XUL _moveToEdgeShift() Memory Corruption Vulnerability', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502303/100/0/threaded'}, {'name': '34471', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/34471'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-13.html'}, {'name': 'USN-745-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-745-1'}, {'name': '34527', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/34527'}, {'name': '34181', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34181'}, {'name': 'DSA-1756', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1756'}, {'name': '34792', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/34792'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199652-83.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-015'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11368', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11368'}, {'name': '52896', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_OSVDB'], 'url': 'http://osvdb.org/52896'}, {'name': 'ADV-2009-0864', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0864'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2009-3100', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01040.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://www.h-online.com/security/Pwn2Own-2009-Safari-IE-8-and-Firefox-exploited--/news/112889'}, {'name': '34549', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/34549'}, {'name': '34550', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/34550'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-113.htm'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2009-3099', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01023.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484320'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2941'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED