CVE-2008-5715

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5715
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-24 18:29:15 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMozilla 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista All gold All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
osvdb.org/51032 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 location.hash Remote Crash Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
SecurityReason - Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 location.hash Remote Crash Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
DoS уразливості в Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer та Chrome - Websecurity - Веб безпека af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 websecurity.com.ua
Mozilla Firefox 'location.hash' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-01-19Joshua BressersRed Hat does not consider a crash of a client application such as Firefox to be a security issue.

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