CVE-2009-3389

Summary

CVECVE-2009-3389
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-12-17 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in libtheora in Xiph.Org Theora before 1.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox 3.5 before 3.5.6 and SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a video with large dimensions.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 All All 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 1.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.7 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 1.1.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.17 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.5 All 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 1.5.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.5.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.5.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 alpha_1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 alpha_2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 alpha_3 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 beta_1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 beta_2 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0 rc1 All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0a1 All pre All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0a1pre All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All rc2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SUSE update for MozillaFirefox - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Theora.org :: news - Theora, video for everyone af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.theora.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:013 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
USN-874-1: Firefox 3.5 and Xulrunner 1.9.1 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
504613 – crash (segfault) @ oggplay_data_handle_theora_frame (memcpy) when playing corrupted ogg theora file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Theora Video Library Remote Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
515882 – Unchecked dependencies on frame_height * frame_width not overflowing a 32 bit int af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: seamonkey-2.0.1-1.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
MFSA 2009-67: Integer overflow, crash in libtheora video library af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:008 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: firefox-3.5.6-1.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Fedora update for xulrunner - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey MFSA 2009-65 through -71 Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: gnome-python2-extras-2.25.3-14.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:043 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-12-21Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of libtheora as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, or 5.

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