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CVE-2009-1232

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
02/04/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8 and earlier 3.0.x versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via an XML document composed of a long series of start-tags with no corresponding end-tags. NOTE: it was later reported that 3.0.10 and earlier are also affected.

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:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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