Mozilla Firefox 'location.hash' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	32988
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 23 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 29 2008 04:42PM
Credit:	Jeremy Brown
Vulnerable:	Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5
Not Vulnerable:

Mozilla Firefox 'location.hash' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

Successful exploits can allow attackers to crash the affected browser, resulting in denial-of-service conditions. Given the nature of this issue, attackers may also be able to run arbitrary code, but this has not been confirmed.

Firefox 3.0.5 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Mozilla Firefox 'location.hash' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to view a malicious webpage.

The following exploit code is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/32988.pl

Mozilla Firefox 'location.hash' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Mozilla Firefox 'location.hash' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Mozilla Homepage (Mozilla Foundation)