CVE-2009-2472

Medium

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 does not always use XPCCrossOriginWrapper when required during object construction, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted document, related to a "cross origin wrapper bypass."

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedJul 22, 2009
First seenJul 22, 2009

How to fix

Update
  • mozilla firefox3.0.12 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefoxv < 3.0.123.0.12
fedoraproject fedora10—
suse linux_enterprise_debuginfo10, 11—
opensuse opensuse11.0, 11.1—
suse linux_enterprise_desktop10, 11—
suse linux_enterprise_server10, 11—

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