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.
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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. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T11:04:43.623Z
Reserved: 2008-12-24T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2008-5715
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2008-12-24T18:29:15.907
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2008-5715
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