CVE-2009-3978
Firefox < 3.5.5 - Denial of Service via Animated GIF with Large Image Size
Title source: llmDescription
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 (5)
Core 5
Core References
Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-1.9.1/rev/edf189567edc
Patch x_refsource_misc
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5.5/releasenotes/
Patch x_refsource_misc
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Mozilla-fixes-critical-bugs-with-Firefox-3-5-5-852070.html
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_3.5.5/Test_Plan
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=525326
Scores
EPSS
0.0179
EPSS Percentile
75.9%
Details
Status
published
Products (46)
mozilla/firefox
0.1
mozilla/firefox
0.2
mozilla/firefox
0.3
mozilla/firefox
0.4
mozilla/firefox
0.5
mozilla/firefox
0.6
mozilla/firefox
0.6.1
mozilla/firefox
0.7
mozilla/firefox
0.7.1
mozilla/firefox
0.8
... and 36 more
Published
Nov 19, 2009
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026