CVE-2009-1828 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2009-05-29

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 16.9% 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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Advisories

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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 0.16851.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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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Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

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

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

Link: CVE-2009-1828

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

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

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

Link: CVE-2009-1828

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

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