--- title: "CVE-2009-1828\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1828?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2009-1828 Publication date 29 May 2009 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Negligible** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, application hang, and memory consumption) via a KEYGEN element in conjunction with (1) a META element specifying automatic page refresh or (2) a JavaScript onLoad event handler for a BODY element. NOTE: it was later reported that earlier versions are also affected. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1828?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | firefox | 9.10 karmic | Not in release | | 9.04 jaunty | Not in release | | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life | | xulrunner-1.9 | 9.10 karmic | Not in release | | 9.04 jaunty | Ignored | | 8.10 intrepid | Ignored | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | xulrunner-1.9.1 | 9.10 karmic | Ignored | | 9.04 jaunty | Ignored | | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | xulrunner-1.9.2 | 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage | | 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage | | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand) CVEs in Firefox are tracked in the xulrunner source packages. The mapping of xulrunner sources to firefox is: xulrunner (1.8.0): firefox (1.5) - Ubuntu 6.06 LTS xulrunner (1.8.1): firefox (2.0) - Ubuntu 6.10 - 8.04 LTS xulrunner-1.9: firefox-3.0 xulrunner-1.9.1: firefox-3.5 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and 10.04 LTS uses the embedded xulrunner and not the system xulrunner-1.9.2, so it is tracked in the firefox source package. infinite loop via javascript onLoad. Assigning negligible for now as the same could be achieved by visiting any malicious website ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1828) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1828) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-1828) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1828) ### Other references *