CVE-2009-2477
js/src/jstracer.cpp in the Just-in-time (JIT) JavaScript compiler (aka TraceMonkey) in Mozilla Firefox 3.5 before 3.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain use of the escape function that triggers access to uninitialized memory locations, as originally demonstrated by a document containing P and FONT elements.
- EPSS
- 43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 98% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-94
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- mozilla:firefox
References
- http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2009/07/14/critical-javascript-vulnerability-in-firefox-35/
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6796
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35798
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266148-1
- http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/07/stopgap_fix_for_critical_firef.html