CVE-2009-2469

CriticalCVSS 10.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 does not properly handle an SVG element that has a property with a watch function and an __defineSetter__ function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, related to a certain pointer misinterpretation.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 10.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 22, 2009
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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