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CVE-2009-3978

by Fred · 18/11/2009

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.

Date published : 2009-11-18

http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-1.9.1/rev/edf189567edc

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=525326

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