CVE-2009-1828
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.
- EPSS
- 8.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 95% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-399
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- mozilla:firefox
References
- 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