Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 3.5.x before 3.5.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, allows remote attackers to associate spoofed content with an invalid URL by setting document.location to this URL, and then writing arbitrary web script or HTML to the associated blank document, a related issue to CVE-2009-2654.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 5.0 | xulrunner | 1.9.0.16-1 | DSA-1956-1 |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 5 | firefox | 3.0.16-1.el5_4 | RHSA-2009:1674 |
| RHEL 5 | xulrunner +2 | 1.9.0.16-2.el5_4 | RHSA-2009:1674 |
| RHEL 4 | firefox | 3.0.16-4.el4 | RHSA-2009:1674 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | MozillaFirefox | 50.1.0-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 |
Advisories 3
- RHSA-2009:1674 Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- DSA-1956-1 xulrunner - several vulnerabilities Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · May 7, 2025
References
- 1023343 vdb-entry
- 37704 third-party-advisory
- 37699 third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8480 vdb-entry signature
- 1023342 vdb-entry
- firefox-documentlocation-spoofing(54808) vdb-entry
- ADV-2009-3547 vdb-entry
- 37881 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514232
- FEDORA-2009-13362 vendor-advisory
- 37785 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546726
- USN-874-1 vendor-advisory
- 37813 third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2009-13333 vendor-advisory
- USN-873-1 vendor-advisory
- 37349 vdb-entry
- RHSA-2009:1674 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2009-13366 vendor-advisory
- DSA-1956 vendor-advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-69.html
- 37856 third-party-advisory
- 37370 vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9911 vdb-entry signature
- SUSE-SA:2009:063 vendor-advisory