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low 3.3

CVE-2009-0358 json

Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.6 does not properly implement the (1) no-store and (2) no-cache Cache-Control directives, which allows local…

published 2009-02-04 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0362

cvss
3.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.6 does not properly implement the (1) no-store and (2) no-cache Cache-Control directives, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by using the (a) back button or (b) history list of the victim's browser, as demonstrated by reading the response page of an https POST request.

Patch / fix

  • firefox RHEL 4 3.0.6-1.el4
  • firefox RHEL 5 3.0.6-1.el5
  • nss RHEL 4 3.12.2.0-3.el4
  • nss RHEL 5 3.12.2.0-4.el5
  • nss-tools RHEL 4 3.12.2.0-3.el4
  • nss-tools RHEL 5 3.12.2.0-4.el5
  • xulrunner RHEL 5 1.9.0.6-1.el5
  • xulrunner-devel-unstable RHEL 5 1.9.0.6-1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0256

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-0358 updated cvss 1.2

Firefox directives to not cache pages ignored

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) nss 3.12.2.0-4.el5, firefox 3.0.6-1.el5, xulrunner 1.9.0.6-1.el5, nss-tools 3.12.2.0-4.el5, xulrunner-devel-unstable 1.9.0.6-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 nss 3.12.2.0-3.el4, firefox 3.0.6-1.el4, nss-tools 3.12.2.0-3.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) nss 3.12.2.0-4.el5, firefox 3.0.6-1.el5, xulrunner 1.9.0.6-1.el5, nss-tools 3.12.2.0-4.el5, xulrunner-devel-unstable 1.9.0.6-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 nss 3.12.2.0-3.el4, firefox 3.0.6-1.el4, nss-tools 3.12.2.0-3.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) nss 3.12.2.0-4.el5, xulrunner 1.9.0.6-1.el5, nss-tools 3.12.2.0-4.el5, xulrunner-devel-unstable 1.9.0.6-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 nss 3.12.2.0-3.el4, firefox 3.0.6-1.el4, nss-tools 3.12.2.0-3.el4
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 nss 3.12.2.0-3.el4, firefox 3.0.6-1.el4, nss-tools 3.12.2.0-3.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0256

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Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.3 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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