9.3

CVE-2009-3980: mozilla firefox Resource Management Errors

Modified
Published 17-12-2009Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-3980 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 3.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 9.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.72%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

Timeline

  1. 17-12-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.6, SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, and Thunderbird allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.72%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.72% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Mozilla2 products
  • firefox3.5.1 | 3.5.2 | 3.5.3 | 3.5.4 | 3.5.5
  • seamonkey≤ 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0:alpha | 1.0:beta | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 | 1.0.6 | 1.0.7 | 1.0.8 | 1.0.9 | 1.0.99 | 1.1 | 1.1:alpha | 1.1:beta | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.5 | 1.1.6 | 1.1.7 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.9 | 1.1.10 | 1.1.11 | 1.1.12 | 1.1.13 | 1.1.14 | 1.1.15 | 1.1.16 | 1.1.17 | 1.5.0.8 | 1.5.0.9 | 1.5.0.10 | 2.0 | 2.0:alpha_1 | 2.0:alpha_2 | 2.0:alpha_3 | 2.0:beta_1 | 2.0:beta_2 | 2.0:rc1 | 2.0a1 | 2.0a1pre

1 vendor · 2 products

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