CVE-2009-0071 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox versions 3.0.7 and earlier. An attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and application crash by enabling designMode and then executing specific replaceChild or removeChild calls followed by certain queryCommand functions. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network attack vector with high attack complexity and only a partial impact on availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry exists for a similar remote crash, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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