CVE-2007-2162

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Published Apr 22, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed

Description

(1) Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 and (2) GNU IceWeasel 2.0.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash or system hang) via JavaScript that matches a regular expression against a long string, as demonstrated using /(.)*/.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:iceweasel:2.0.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.3:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-2157	(1) Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 and (2) GNU IceWeasel 2.0.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash or system hang) via JavaScript that matches a regular expression against a long string, as demonstrated using /(.)*/.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.4% (1.380% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466017/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466147/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466220/100/0/threaded

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Iceweasel

Mozilla Firefox

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 1:23 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 22, 2007, 7:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 1:23 PM
Reserved: Apr 22, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:39 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 22, 2007, 7:19 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:39 PM

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