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.
Published: 2008-12-24
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 8.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.10853}

epss

{'score': 0.08294}


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Microsoft Windows Vista
Mozilla Firefox
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:04:43.623Z

Reserved: 2008-12-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5715

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-24T18:29:15.907

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-5715

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