CVE-2009-3978

Description

The nsGIFDecoder2::GifWrite function in decoders/gif/nsGIFDecoder2.cpp in libpr0n in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an animated GIF file with a large image size, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3373.

References

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_3.5.5/Test_Plan

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=525326

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5.5/releasenotes/

http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Mozilla-fixes-critical-bugs-with-Firefox-3-5-5-852070.html

http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-1.9.1/rev/edf189567edc

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3