PT-2001-2578 · Mozilla · Mozilla Firefox

Published 2001-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2001-1490

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla version 0.9.6

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in CPU consumption and memory leak, by accessing a web page containing a large number of images.

Recommendations For Mozilla version 0.9.6, consider restricting access to web pages with a large number of images to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1490

Affected Products

Mozilla Firefox

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/21181 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/3684 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1490 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/245152 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7709 · Note