CVE-2009-2479 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox versions 3.0.x, 3.5, and 3.5.1 on Windows. This flaw allows a remote attacker to crash the application by providing an excessively long Unicode string as an argument to the write method. The vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a critical impact with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a complete loss of availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public proof-of-concept exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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