PT-2009-5297 · Mozilla · Firefox

Published 2009-08-24 · Updated 2018-10-10 · CVE-2009-2953

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 Firefox versions 3.0.6 through 3.0.13 Mozilla Firefox version 3.5.x

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically CPU consumption, via JavaScript code. This is achieved by using a long string value for the location.hash property.

Recommendations: For Mozilla Firefox versions 3.0.6 through 3.0.13, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For Mozilla Firefox version 3.5.x, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the execution of JavaScript code that utilizes the location.hash property until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2953

Affected Products

Firefox

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/7554 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2953 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/506006/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://websecurity.com.ua/3424 · Note