CVE-2009-2665 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2009-2665?

CVE-2009-2665 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 4 Aug 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The nsDocument::SetScriptGlobalObject function in content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.2, when certain add-ons are enabled, does not properly handle a Link HTTP header, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted web page, related to an incorrect security wrapper.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2665?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2009-2665?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2665 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2009-2665 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2665 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-6gg3-vvc7-gvjq.