cve/2009/CVE-2009-1232.md

### [CVE-2009-1232](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1232)
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### Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8 and earlier 3.0.x versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via an XML document composed of a long series of start-tags with no corresponding end-tags. NOTE: it was later reported that 3.0.10 and earlier are also affected.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485941
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8306

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.