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CVE-2009-3978

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2009-11-19 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Mozilla Firefox

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References