CVE-2009-1169

Exp

The txMozillaXSLTProcessor::TransformToDoc function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.8 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XML file with a crafted XSLT transform.

Published: 2009-03-27 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-1169 is rated High Exploit Risk (87.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 37.49%, 97th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.54% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-1169

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
8285 exploit_db edb 2009-03-25 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1169

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-17 35.96% 37.49% +1.54%
2 2026-02-04 38.95% 35.96% -3.00%
3 2025-10-13 — 38.95% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1169

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-1169

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-1169

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2009-1169: 1 GLSA(s) (201301-01), 14 atom(s) (dev-libs/nss, mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird, …); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-1169
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1169
suse critical CVE-2009-1169 severity critical: SUSE including 95 source package names (MozillaFirefox-10.0-0.3.2, MozillaFirefox-140.2.0-160000.1.2, …), 148 product×package rows across 31 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, … (31 product lines)): Fixed 148. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1169/
ubuntu high CVE-2009-1169 high priority: Ubuntu including 6 source packages (firefox, iceape, seamonkey, xulrunner, xulrunner-1.9, xulrunner-1.9.1), 66 status rows across 11 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): DNE 33, released 16, ignored 8, needs-triage 5, not-affected 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1169

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2009-1169

Impact: Per: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34235/info Mozilla Firefox is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code within the context of the affected browser. Failed exploit attempt will result in a denial-of-service condition.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1169

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox <= 3.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9_rc cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9_rc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:preview_release:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.17 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.19 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.20 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.21 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1169

URL Tags
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3013
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00008.html Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00009.html Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/34471 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34486 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34505 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34510 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34511 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34521 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34527 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34549 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34550 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34792 Vendor Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-113.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1756
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:084
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-12.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0397.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0398.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34235 Exploit Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021939
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-745-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0853 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460090
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485217 Patch
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485286 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49439
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11372
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8285
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01023.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01040.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg01077.html
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