CVE-2009-1232

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8 and earlier 3.0.x versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via an XML document composed of a long series of start-tags with no corresponding end-tags. NOTE: it was later reported that 3.0.10 and earlier are also affected.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Apr 2, 2009
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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