Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 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.
CVE-2009-3979
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 89.2%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 17, 2009
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (74)
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/37699
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/37703
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/37704
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/37785
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/37813
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/37856
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/37881
- cve@mitrehttp://securitytracker.com/id?1023333
- cve@mitrehttp://securitytracker.com/id?1023334
- cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1956
- cve@mitrehttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-65.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_63_firefox.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0153.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0154.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37349
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | xulrunner-1.9 (1.9.0.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1) @ jaunty | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | firefox-3.5 (3.5.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1) @ karmic | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-25.el4 | 2010-03-17 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:2.0.0.24-2.el5_4 | 2010-03-17 | redhat |
| redhat | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-51.el4_8 | 2009-12-16 | redhat |
| redhat | xulrunner-0:1.9.0.16-2.el5_4 | 2009-12-16 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
All Vendor Advisories
(6)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2009:1673CRITICAL2009-12-15
RHSA-2009:1673 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2009:1674CRITICAL2009-12-15
RHSA-2009:1674 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2010:0153CRITICAL2009-12-15
RHSA-2010:0153 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2010:0154CRITICAL2009-12-15
RHSA-2010:0154 — Critical
- UbuntuUSN-873-1MEDIUM
Firefox 3.0 and Xulrunner 1.9 vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-874-1MEDIUM
Firefox 3.5 and Xulrunner 1.9.1 vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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