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CVE-2009-2044

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 and earlier on Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a URI for a large GIF image in the BACKGROUND attribute of a BODY element.

Published

2009-06-12T21:30:00.483

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	≤ 3.0.10	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	-	No

References

http://e-rdc.org/v1/news.php?readmore=137 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504214 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35280 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496265 Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51037 VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://e-rdc.org/v1/news.php?readmore=137 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504214 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35280 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496265 Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51037 VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)