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
Published Jun 12, 2009
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.89%
Description
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.
Affected products
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Running on/with
- n/a
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No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
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 3, 2026 | 5.89% (0.05887) | 93.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.89% (0.05887) | 92.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 12, 2026 | 6.41% (0.06412) | 91.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.05% (0.05046) | 88.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.70% (0.06701) | 85.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.05% (0.05046) | 89.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.31% (0.01315) | 86.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 21, 2024 | 1.31% (0.01315) | 84.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 11, 2023 | 1.16% (0.01162) | 83.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01025) | 81.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.48% (0.04482) | 88.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.48% (0.04482) | 87.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.48% (0.04482) | 71.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (5)
- http://e-rdc.org/v1/news.php?readmore=137 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504214 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35280 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496265 x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51037 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVDB Entry
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://e-rdc.org/v1/news.php?readmore=137 | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504214 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35280 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496265 | x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51037 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVDB Entry |
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