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CVE-2009-2477

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2009-07-17	mozilla -- corrupt JIT state after deep return from native function

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CVE-2009-2477 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2009-2477
Phase	Assigned(20090715)

Description

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.

References

Source	Reference
MILW0RM	9137
MILW0RM	9181
MISC	http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6796
MISC	http://www.h-online.com/security/First-Zero-Day-Exploit-for-Firefox-3-5--/news/113761
MISC	http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/07/stopgap_fix_for_critical_firef.html
CONFIRM	http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2009/07/14/critical-javascript-vulnerability-in-firefox-35/
CONFIRM	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503286
CONFIRM	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-41.html
FEDORA	FEDORA-2009-7898
SUNALERT	266148
CERT-VN	VU#443060
BID	35660
SECUNIA	35798
VUPEN	ADV-2009-1868