CVE-2009-2471 Information

Description

The setTimeout function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 does not properly preserve object wrapping which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted call related to XPCNativeWrapper.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00005.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00002.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1162.html http://secunia.com/advisories/35914 http://secunia.com/advisories/35944 http://secunia.com/advisories/36005 http://secunia.com/advisories/36145 http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-39.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1972 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460882 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10572 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01032.html