CVE-2007-2163 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Apple Safari allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via JavaScript that matches a regular expression against a long string, as demonstrated using /(.)*/.

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 Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00477.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple	Safari

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-2158	Apple Safari allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via JavaScript that matches a regular expression against a long string, as demonstrated using /(.)*/.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466017/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466043/100/0/threaded

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-04-22T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:23:50.960Z

Reserved: 2007-04-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-2163

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-04-22T19:19:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-2163

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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