CVE-2009-3378 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2009-3378?

CVE-2009-3378 is a critical vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 29 Oct 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 oggplay_data_handle_theora_frame function in media/liboggplay/src/liboggplay/oggplay_data.c in liboggplay, as used in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.4, attempts to reuse an earlier frame data structure upon encountering a decoding error for the first frame, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .ogg video file.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3378?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3378?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2009-3378 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3378 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3378, GHSA-vcwp-h637-px5r.