CVE-2009-1828
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, application hang, and memory consumption) via…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 8.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 - 'KEYGEN' Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8822dos, multiplepublished 29 May 2009Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 8822 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.8% · top 4.8% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- 20090528 Re: [TZO-27-2009] Firefox Denial of Service (Keygen) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469565 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- firefox-keygen-dos(50838) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20090908 Re: DoS vulnerability in Google Chrome (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5928 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 8822 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20090527 [TZO-27-2009] Firefox Denial of Service (Keygen) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3194/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 35132 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20090528 [TZO-27-2009] Firefox Denial of Service (Keygen) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/04/advisory-firefox-denial-of-service.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-1823 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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