Description
The 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."
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Mozilla Firefox - unclamped loop Denial of Service EDB-8794 · dos · May 26, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20090527 Re: [Full-disclosure] [TZO-26-2009] Firefox (all?) Denial of Service through unclamped loop (SVG) mailing-list
- http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/04/advisory-firefox-dos-condition.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=465615
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=393832
- 20090527 Re[2]: [Full-disclosure] [TZO-26-2009] Firefox (all?) Denial of Service through unclamped loop (SVG) mailing-list
- 20090527 Re[2]: Addendum : [TZO-26-2009] Firefox (all?) Denial of Service through unclamped loop (SVG) mailing-list
- firefox-loop-dos(50721) vdb-entry
- 8794 exploit
- 20090526 [TZO-26-2009] Firefox (all?) Denial of Service through unclamped loop (SVG) mailing-list