Explain CVE-2009-1571
Use-after-free vulnerability in the HTML parser in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, Thunderbird before 3.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified method calls that attempt to access freed objects in low-memory situations.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': 'USN-895-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-895-1'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2010:0153', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-45/'}, {'name': '38847', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/38847'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SA:2010:015', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00001.html'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2010:0113', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0113.html'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2010:051', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:051'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2010:042', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:042'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-03.html'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2010-1936', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035367.html'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2010:0112', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0112.html'}, {'name': 'ADV-2010-0650', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2010-1932', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035346.html'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11227', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11227'}, {'name': '38770', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/38770'}, {'name': 'mozilla-htmlparser-code-exec(56361)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56361'}, {'name': 'DSA-1999', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1999'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2010:0154', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2010-1727', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035426.html'}, {'name': '38772', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/38772'}, {'name': 'USN-896-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-896-1'}, {'name': 'ADV-2010-0405', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0405'}, {'name': '37242', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/37242'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8615', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8615'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2010-3230', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036097.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=526500'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2010-3267', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036132.html'}, {'name': '20100218 Secunia Research: Mozilla Firefox Memory Corruption Vulnerability', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509585/100/0/threaded'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED