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Mozilla Firefox 'IFRAME' Denial Of Service vulnerability (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox browser and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to improper handling of 'JavaScript' code which contains an infinite loop, that creates IFRAME elements for invalid news:// or nntp:// URIs.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Firefox version 3.0.x prior to 3.0.19, 3.5.x prior to 3.5.9, 3.6.x prior to 3.6.3
Solution
Solution
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.