CVE-2009-1838
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2009-1838 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2009-06-12 21:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | The garbage-collection implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 sets an element's owner document to null in unspecified circumstances, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted event handler, related to an incorrect context for this event handler. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.10.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.7.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.9 | rc | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.9.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.9.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 0.9_rc | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0 | preview_release | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.6 | All | linux | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 1.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0 | beta_1 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0 | rc3 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.20 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.21 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0_.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0_.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0_.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0_.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0_.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0_.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0_.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 2.0_8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0 | alpha | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0 | beta5 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0beta5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0 | All | alpha | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0 | All | beta | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0 | All | dev | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0 | alpha | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0 | beta | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.99 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1 | alpha | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1 | beta | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.5 | 1.1.10 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 0.7.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 0.7.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 0.7.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.0.5 | beta | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.5 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.5.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.5.0.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.5.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.5.0.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.5.0.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.5.0.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.5.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.5.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.5.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.5.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.5.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.5.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.5.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.5.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.7.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.7.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0_.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0_.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0_.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0_.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0_.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0_.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0_.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0_8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| [SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: seamonkey-1.1.17-1.fc10 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| 489131 – (CVE-2009-1838) Arbitrary code execution using event listeners attached to an element whose owner document is null | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.mozilla.org | |
| Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Null Owner Document Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1820-1 xulrunner | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.slackware.com | |
| RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2009-24 through 32 Multiple Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Patch |
| The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | slackware.com | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:141 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1830-1 icedove | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Ubuntu update for thunderbird - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Slackware update for mozilla-firefox - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: devhelp-0.22-9.fc10 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Fedora update for seamonkey - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Red Hat update for seamonkey - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| MFSA 2009-29: Arbitrary code execution using event listeners attached to an element whose owner document is null | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mozilla.org | Vendor Advisory |
| Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: ruby-gnome2-0.17.0-10.fc9 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat update for firefox - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Fedora update for firefox and xulrunner - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: seamonkey-1.1.17-1.fc11 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| USN-782-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | slackware.com | |
| osvdb.org/55157 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | osvdb.org | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| Slackware update for mozilla-thunderbird - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Bug 503580 – CVE-2009-1838 Firefox arbitrary code execution flaw | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| SecurityTracker.com Archives - Mozilla Thunderbird Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| Slackware update for seamonkey - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.