VDB-49619 · CVE-2009-2953 · OpenVAS 900068

Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.4 resource management

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5.3$5k-$25k0.00

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.4 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6 through 3.0.13, and 3.5.x, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via JavaScript code with a long string value for the hash property (aka location.hash), a related issue to CVE-2008-5715.

The weakness was shared 08/24/2009 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-2953 since 08/24/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/22/2018).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries 45646, 49620 and 49621 are related to this item.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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OpenVAS ID: 900068
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox location.hash Remote DoS Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/24/2009 🔍
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03/18/2015 +2032 days 🔍
11/22/2018 +1345 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-2953 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 11/22/2018 08:23
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (51), 11/22/2018 08:23 (1)
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