CVE-2009-1828 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.0.10. Remote attackers can trigger an infinite loop, application hang, and memory consumption by combining a KEYGEN element with either a META refresh tag or a JavaScript onLoad event handler. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to partial availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild, public exploit code exists, and it has a high FAUCET Risk Score despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.