CVE-2008-5715

Published Dec 24, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 8.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 on Windows Vista allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via JavaScript code with a long string value for the hash property (aka location.hash). NOTE: it was later reported that earlier versions are also affected, and that the impact is CPU consumption and application hang in unspecified circumstances perhaps involving other platforms.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-5686 Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 on Windows Vista allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via JavaScript code with a long string value for the hash property (aka location.hash). NOTE: it was later reported that earlier versions are also affected, and that the impact is CPU consumption and application hang in unspecified circumstances perhaps involving other platforms.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.10853}

epss

{'score': 0.08294}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 11:04 AM
Reserved
Dec 24, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 24, 2008, 6:29 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:00 PM