CVE-2009-1828 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, application hang, and memory consumption) via a KEYGEN element in conjunction with (1) a META element specifying automatic page refresh or (2) a JavaScript onLoad event handler for a BODY element. NOTE: it was later reported that earlier versions are also affected.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

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 0.16441.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mozilla Subscribe	Firefox Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0247.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0263.html
http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/04/advisory-firefox-denial-of-service.html
http://websecurity.com.ua/3194/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503876/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506328/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35132
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469565
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50838
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5928
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8822

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:27:54.687Z

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

Link: CVE-2009-1828

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-05-29T20:30:00.250

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2009-1828

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

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