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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…
Medium4.3EPSS 5.9%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.9% · top 6.8% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20090610 [ECHO_ADV_110$2009] Firefox (GNU/Linux version) <= 3.0.10 Denial Of Services (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- mozilla-firefox-gif-dos(51037) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496265 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 35280 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://e-rdc.org/v1/news.php?readmore=137 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
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