PT-2009-5315 · Mozilla · Firefox

Published 2009-08-27 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2009-2975

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 version 3.5.2

Description: The issue is related to the improper implementation of setting the document.location property to a value specifying a protocol associated with an external application. This can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving a series of function calls that set this property. Examples of affected protocols include the chromehtml: protocol and the aim: protocol.

Recommendations: For Mozilla Firefox version 3.5.2, consider updating to a newer version that properly implements the setting of the document.location property to prevent denial of service attacks. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of external protocols to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2975

Affected Products

Firefox

References · 5

• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-08/0246.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2975 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-08/0234.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52923 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-08/0236.html · Note