CVE-2009-1232 (GCVE-0-2009-1232)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-04-02 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:04
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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Date Public ?
2009-03-30 00:00
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