VulnerabilityModified
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.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 5.89%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.89%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.89% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://e-rdc.org/v1/news.php?readmore=137Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504214Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35280Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496265Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51037VDB Entry
- http://e-rdc.org/v1/news.php?readmore=137Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504214Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35280Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496265Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51037VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.