CVE-2009-2975

Public Exploit

Description

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.75% Top 30%

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52923	vdb entry
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-08/0234.html	mailing list
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-08/0236.html	mailing list
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-08/0246.html	mailing list exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-2975?: CVE-2009-2975 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-2975?: To fix CVE-2009-2975, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-2975 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2009-2975 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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