Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 8, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-0071
CVE-2009-0071
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 and earlier 3.0.x versions, when designMode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a certain (a) replaceChild or (b) removeChild call, followed by a (1) queryCommandValue, (2) queryCommandState, or (3) queryCommandIndeterm call. NOTE: it was later reported that 3.0.6 and 3.0.7 are also affected.
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=3.0.7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- www.securityfocus.com/bid/33154nvdExploit
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0220.htmlnvd
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0223.htmlnvd
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-01/0224.htmlnvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8091nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8219nvd
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