CVE-2009-1828 (GCVE-0-2009-1828)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-05-29 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:27
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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Date Public ?
2009-05-27 00:00
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