Improper Input Validation Affecting mozilla package, versions [3.0,3.0.8]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
73.08% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2378823
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed2 Apr 2009
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Apr 2009

CVE-2009-1232  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for mozilla.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. 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.

CVSS Scores

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