CVE-2009-1828
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 8.8%EU EUVD
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, application hang, and memory consumption) via a KEYGEN element in conjunction with (1) a META element specifying automatic page refresh or (2) a JavaScript onLoad event handler for a BODY element. NOTE: it was later reported that earlier versions are also affected.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 8.8% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1823)
- Published
- May 29, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1823 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / firefox
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0247.html(Exploit)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0263.html
- http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/04/advisory-firefox-denial-of-service.html(Exploit)
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3194/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503876/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506328/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35132
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469565(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50838
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5928
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8822
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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