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.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://e-rdc.org/v1/news.php?readmore=137	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504214	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35280	Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496265	Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51037	VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2009-06-12 21:30

Updated : 2023-12-10 10:51

NVD link : CVE-2009-2044

Mitre link : CVE-2009-2044

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2009-2044

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

mozilla

firefox

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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