Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via JavaScript code that creates multiple arrays containing elements with long string values, and then appends long strings to the content of a P element, related to the gfxWindowsFontGroup::MakeTextRun function in xul.dll, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-1571.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 5.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12678
- http://www.osvdb.org/64791
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511329/100/0/threaded
- http://www.x90c.org/advisories/firefox_3.6.3_crash_advisory.txtExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58761
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12433
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12678
- http://www.osvdb.org/64791
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511329/100/0/threaded
- http://www.x90c.org/advisories/firefox_3.6.3_crash_advisory.txtExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58761
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12433
Timeline
- Published
- May 20, 2010
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified