CVE-2009-3072 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2009-3072?

CVE-2009-3072 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 10 Sep 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

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.14 and 3.5.x before 3.5.3, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.24, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.19 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the BinHex decoder in netwerk/streamconv/converters/nsBinHexDecoder.cpp, and unknown vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3072?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3072?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2009-3072 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3072 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-8cxh-33q5-hvj6.