--- title: "CVE-2009-2477\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-2477?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2009-2477 Publication date 15 July 2009 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description js/src/jstracer.cpp in the Just-in-time (JIT) JavaScript compiler (aka TraceMonkey) in Mozilla Firefox 3.5 before 3.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain use of the escape function that triggers access to uninitialized memory locations, as originally demonstrated by a document containing P and FONT elements. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | firefox-3.5 | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 3.5.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 | | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | xulrunner-1.9.1 | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1.9.1.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 | | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2477) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2477) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-2477) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2477) ### Other references *