VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-1232
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8 and earlier 3.0.x versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via an XML document composed of a long series of start-tags with no corresponding end-tags.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 5.47%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8 and earlier 3.0.x versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via an XML document composed of a long series of start-tags with no corresponding end-tags. NOTE: it was later reported that 3.0.10 and earlier are also affected.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.47% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2009-Firefox-XUL-0day-PoC.rarExploit
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3216/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34522Exploit
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485941
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49521
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8306
- http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2009-Firefox-XUL-0day-PoC.rarExploit
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3216/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34522Exploit
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485941
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49521
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8306
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.