CVE-2009-1827

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1827
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-05-29 20:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe SVG component in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a large value in the r (aka Radius) attribute of a circle element, related to an "unclamped loop."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mozilla Firefox (unclamped loop) Denial of Service Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
393832 – (CVE-2009-1827) svg circle with infinite radius causes hang af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secdev - Thierry Zoller: Advisory - Firefox DoS condition (unclamped loop) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.zoller.lu
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
465615 – Very long Radius value for CIRCLE attribute in SVG results in DoS Condition af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Exploit
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-05/0272.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-05/0270.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-05/0271.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Exploit
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