Vulnerability Details : CVE-2009-2975
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2 on Windows XP, in some situations possibly involving an incompletely configured protocol handler, does not properly implement setting the document.location property to a value specifying a protocol associated with an external application, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving a series of function calls that set this property, as demonstrated by (1) the chromehtml: protocol and (2) the aim: protocol.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2009-2975
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*When used together with: Microsoft » Windows Xp
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2975
0.89%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 80 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2009-2975
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5.0
|
MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
|
2.9
|
NIST |
References for CVE-2009-2975
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