CVE-2009-3388 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2009-3388?

CVE-2009-3388 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 17 Dec 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

liboggplay in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.6 and SeaMonkey before 2.0.1 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to "memory safety issues."

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3388?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3388?

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-2009-3388 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3388 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 DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3388, GHSA-gwr5-2w8p-gpfx.