Check Point Advisories

Mozilla Firefox JIT escape Function Memory Corruption - Ver2 (CVE-2009-2477)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-1426
Date Published: 16 Apr 2014
Severity: High
Last Updated: Wednesday 16 April, 2014
Source: CVE-2009-2477
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R77

  • R76
  • R75

  • Who is Vulnerable?
    Vulnerability Description A memory corruption vulnerability has been reported in Mozilla Firefox. The vulnerability is due to the way Mozilla Firefox handles JIT escape Function calls. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

    Protection Overview

    This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

    In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

    Security Gateway R77 / R76 / R75 / R71 / R70

    1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Mozilla Firefox JIT escape Function Memory Corruption - Ver2 protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
    2. Install policy on all modules.

    SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

    Attack Name:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
    Attack Information:  Mozilla Firefox JIT escape Function Memory Corruption - Ver2

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