01 Record
CVE-2009-3987
The GeckoActiveXObject function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 3.5.x before 3.5.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, generates different exception messages depending on whether the referenced COM
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The GeckoActiveXObject function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 3.5.x before 3.5.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, generates different exception messages depending on whether the referenced COM
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.61% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 75.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-12-17 17:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-11-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e3a379ca0e1ce585b96d03c45c110ab8cc446ba6983806c9511bf4a887545e70
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com37699http://secunia.com/advisories/37699
- bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503451
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-3547http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3547
- secunia.com37785http://secunia.com/advisories/37785
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:7958https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7958
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546729
- www.securityfocus.com37349http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37349
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfirefox-geckoactivexobject-info-disclosure(54798)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54798
- securitytracker.com1023347http://securitytracker.com/id?1023347
- www.securityfocus.com37360http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37360
- securitytracker.com1023346http://securitytracker.com/id?1023346
- www.mozilla.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-71.html