CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-5715
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-12-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
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.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox 3.0.5
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://osvdb.org/51032 osvdb.org
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4807 securityreason.com
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3424/ websecurity.com.ua
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506006/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32988 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47572 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7554 www.exploit-db.com
- http://osvdb.org/51032 osvdb.org
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4807 securityreason.com
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3424/ websecurity.com.ua
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506006/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32988 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47572 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7554 www.exploit-db.com