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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2009-2044

Medium
4.3/10

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.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published