FKIE_CVE-2009-2044

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-06-12 21:30 - Updated: 2026-04-23 00:35
Severity ?
Summary
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 and earlier on Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a URI for a large GIF image in the BACKGROUND attribute of a BODY element.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://e-rdc.org/v1/news.php?readmore=137Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504214Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35280Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496265Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51037VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://e-rdc.org/v1/news.php?readmore=137Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504214Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35280Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496265Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51037VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox *
linux linux_kernel -
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  "lastModified": "2026-04-23T00:35:47.467",
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