CVE-2008-5715

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.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32988
http://osvdb.org/51032
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4807
http://websecurity.com.ua/3424/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47572
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7554
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506006/100/0/threaded

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2008-12-24 10:29

Updated : 2018-10-11 13:56

NVD link : CVE-2008-5715

Mitre link : CVE-2008-5715

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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Products Affected

mozilla

firefox

microsoft

windows_vista

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