CVE-2009-3979

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 3.5.x before 3.5.6, SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, and Thunderbird allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

• http://secunia.com/advisories/37699Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37703Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37704Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37785Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37813
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37856
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37881
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023333
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023334
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1956
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-65.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_63_firefox.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37349
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37361
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-873-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-874-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3547Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=293347
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457514
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=479931
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494617
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=506267
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=515811
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516237
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522374
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546694
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54799
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10956
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8487
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1673.html
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1674.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00995.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01034.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01041.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37699Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37703Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37704Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37785Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37813
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37856
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37881
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023333
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023334
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1956
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-65.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_63_firefox.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37349
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37361
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-873-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-874-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3547Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0650
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=293347
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457514
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=479931
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494617
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=506267
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=515811
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516237
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522374
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546694
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54799
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10956
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8487
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1673.html
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1674.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00995.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01034.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01041.html

Published

Dec 17, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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