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CVE-2009-0821

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.20 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...

5.0 MediumPublic exploit

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.

Exploit likelihood

5.29%Up 1.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
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What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

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.

Record
CVE-2009-0821
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-399
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2009-0821
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-0818 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2009-0818
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v973-q8fj-656q No score

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.20 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...

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.

Record
GHSA-v973-q8fj-656q
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBMozilla Firefox 2.0.x - Nested 'window.print()' Denial of Service2009-03-03

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2009-0821 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Mozilla Firefox, published March 5, 2009. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.29%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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