{
    "id": "CVE-2009-2044",
    "published": "2009-06-12 21:30:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:08:38",
    "cvss_score": "4.3",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-20",
    "description": "Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 and earlier on Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a URI for a large GIF image in the BACKGROUND attribute of a BODY element.",
    "epss_score": "0.05887",
    "epss_percentile": "0.92985",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-30 18:17:08",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "mozilla",
            "product": "firefox"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "33031",
            "title": "Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x - Large '.GIF' File Background Denial of Service",
            "date": "2009-05-10",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33031"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://e-rdc.org/v1/news.php?readmore=137",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504214",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35280",
        "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496265",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51037",
        "http://e-rdc.org/v1/news.php?readmore=137",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504214",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35280",
        "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496265",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51037"
    ]
}