CVE-2009-2044 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 and earlier on Linux. Remote attackers can trigger an application crash by embedding a URI to a large GIF image within the BACKGROUND attribute of a BODY element. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code for this issue is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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