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CVE-2009-0071
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 and earlier 3.0.x versions, when designMode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL…
Low2.6EPSS 6.6%
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- mitre
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 and earlier 3.0.x versions, when designMode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a certain (a) replaceChild or (b) removeChild call, followed by a (1) queryCommandValue, (2) queryCommandState, or (3) queryCommandIndeterm call. NOTE: it was later reported that 3.0.6 and 3.0.7 are also affected.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.6% · top 6.1% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (9)
- 8219 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20090107 Firefox 3.0.5 remote vulnerability via queryCommandState (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=456727 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448329 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 8091 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 33154 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472507 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20090107 Re: Firefox 3.0.5 remote vulnerability via queryCommandState (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20090107 Re: Firefox 3.0.5 remote vulnerability via queryCommandState (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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