CVE-2009-1828
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, application hang, and memory consumption) via a KEYGEN element in conjunction with (1) a META element specifying automatic page refresh or (2) a JavaScript…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (8.78%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, application hang, and memory consumption) via a KEYGEN element in conjunction with (1) a META element specifying automatic page refresh or (2) a JavaScript onLoad event handler for a BODY element. NOTE: it was later reported that earlier versions are also affected.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 8.78% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0247.htmlExploit
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0263.html
- http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/04/advisory-firefox-denial-of-service.htmlExploit
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3194/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503876/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506328/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35132
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469565Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50838
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5928
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8822
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0247.htmlExploit
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0263.html
- http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/04/advisory-firefox-denial-of-service.htmlExploit
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3194/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503876/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506328/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35132
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469565Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50838
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5928
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8822
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.