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CVE-2009-2479

7.8 HIGH 12% exploit odds No fix listed Memory safety Browser & mail

What it is

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x, 3.5, and 3.5.1 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uncaught exception and application crash) via a long Unicode string argument to the write method. NOTE: this was originally reported as a stack-based buffer overflow. NOTE: on Linux and Mac OS X, a crash resulting from this long string reportedly occurs in an operating-system library, not in Firefox.

At a glance

Exploitability
Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of service disruption.
Exploit odds
12.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS). Higher than most.
Fix
No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.

Timeline

  1. ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
  2. PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
  3. Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

Details

Published
Last modified
Exploit probability
12.1% · EPSS, next 30 days
Weakness
CWE-119 · Buffer errors
Record status
Modified

Affected

Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 7.8

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
Raw vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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References

NVD record · CVE.org record