CVE-2008-5715 (GCVE-0-2008-5715)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-24 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:04
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4807 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://websecurity.com.ua/3424/ x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506006/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32988 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://osvdb.org/51032 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7554 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2008-12-23 00:00
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