CVE-2009-0821 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 5.3% (pctl 92)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.20 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via nested calls to the window.print function, as demonstrated by a window.print(window.print()) in the onclick attribute of an INPUT element.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 5.29% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-03-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Mozilla Firefox 2.0.x - Nested 'window.print()' Denial of Service | 2009-03-03 |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD