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CVE-2009-3978

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
19/11/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

The nsGIFDecoder2::GifWrite function in decoders/gif/nsGIFDecoder2.cpp in libpr0n in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an animated GIF file with a large image size, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3373.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.5.4 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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