CVE-2009-1313: mozilla firefox Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2009-1313 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 8.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Public exploit (exploit-database, 27-04-2009)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2Timeline
- 30-04-2009PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The nsTextFrame::ClearTextRun function in layout/generic/nsTextFrameThebes.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and probably execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability reportedly exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2009-1302.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
8.39%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 8.39% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundMozilla Firefox 3.0.9 - 'nsTextFrame::ClearTextRun()' Remote Memory Corruption
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat6 products
- firefox< 0:3.0.10-1.el4 | < 0:3.0.10-1.el5
- firefox-debuginfo< 0:3.0.10-1.el4 | < 0:3.0.10-1.el5
- xulrunner< 0:1.9.0.10-1.el5
- xulrunner-debuginfo< 0:1.9.0.10-1.el5
- xulrunner-devel< 0:1.9.0.10-1.el5
Mozilla1 product
- firefox3.0.9
2 vendors · 7 products
References
25 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10446VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489676X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-23.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
Show all 25 references
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489647X Refsource CONFIRM
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=490233X Refsource CONFIRM
- slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.350967Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SLACKWARE