MEDIUM
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
Published May 29, 2009
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.78%
Description
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
8.78% 0.08779
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.08779
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.78% (0.08779) | 95.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.78% (0.08779) | 94.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 15, 2025 | 16.44% (0.16441) | 94.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 13, 2025 | 19.50% (0.19497) | 94.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 15.40% (0.15405) | 94.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 19.70% (0.19699) | 92.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 15.40% (0.15405) | 94.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 8.03% (0.08032) | 94.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 7, 2024 | 10.44% (0.10440) | 95.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.77% (0.06767) | 92.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 90.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0247.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0263.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/04/advisory-firefox-denial-of-service.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3194/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503876/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506328/100/100/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35132 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469565 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50838 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5928 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8822 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0247.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0263.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/04/advisory-firefox-denial-of-service.html | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://websecurity.com.ua/3194/ | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503876/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506328/100/100/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35132 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469565 | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50838 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5928 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8822 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 29, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 29, 2009
Link CVE-2009-1828
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a