CVE-2009-3978
N/A
Published: November 19, 2009 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:12 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFirefox
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 3.5.40.10.100.10.10.20.30.40.50.60.6.10.70.7.10.80.90.9 rc0.9.10.9.20.9.31.01.0 preview_release1.0.11.0.21.0.31.0.41.0.51.0.61.0.71.0.81.4.11.51.5 beta11.5 beta21.5.0.11.5.0.101.5.0.111.5.0.121.5.0.21.5.0.31.5.0.41.5.0.51.5.0.61.5.0.71.5.0.81.5.0.91.5.11.5.21.5.31.5.41.5.51.5.61.5.71.5.81.82.02.0.0.12.0.0.102.0.0.112.0.0.22.0.0.32.0.0.42.0.0.52.0.0.62.0.0.72.0.0.82.0.0.93.03.0.53.53.5.23.5.3
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-1.9.1/rev/edf189567edcx_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Mozilla-fixes-critical-bugs-with-Firefox-3-5-5-852070.htmlx_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5.5/releasenotes/x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_3.5.5/Test_PlanQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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