gsd-2009-1044
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:19
Details
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 on Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to the _moveToEdgeShift XUL tree method, which triggers garbage collection on objects that are still in use, as demonstrated by Nils during a PWN2OWN competition at CanSecWest 2009.
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Aliases
CVE-2009-1044


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      "lastModifiedDate": "2018-10-10T19:32Z",
      "publishedDate": "2009-03-23T14:19Z"
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}


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