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CVE-2009-3069 (GCVE-0-2009-3069)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-09-10 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:14
VLAI
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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Date Public
2009-09-09 00:00
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