CVE-2009-1827 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The SVG component in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a large value in the r (aka Radius) attribute of a circle element, related to an "unclamped loop."

Published: 2009-05-29

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 12.1% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.12135.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-05/0270.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-05/0271.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-05/0272.html
http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/04/advisory-firefox-dos-condition.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503825/100/0/threaded
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=393832
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=465615
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50721
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8794

History

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Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-05-29T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:27:54.396Z

Reserved: 2009-05-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-1827

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-05-29T20:30:00.217

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-1827

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

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