Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 12, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-1840
CVE-2009-1840
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey do not check content policy before loading a script file into a XUL document, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted HTML document, as demonstrated by a "web bug" in an e-mail message, or web script or an advertisement in a web page.
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Affected products
21cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 16 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.0.10
- 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:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.1:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <3.0.11
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
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References
22- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35326nvdPatch
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1572nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/35331nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/35431nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/35439nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/35440nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-31.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- osvdb.org/55158nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/35415nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/35468nvd
- slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1820nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51076nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9448nvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00574.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00657.htmlnvd
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