CVE - CVE-2008-5715

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-5715	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:32988 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32988 BUGTRAQ:20090821 DoS vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Chrome URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506006/100/0/threaded EXPLOIT-DB:7554 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7554 MISC:http://websecurity.com.ua/3424/ OSVDB:51032 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/51032~~ (Obsolete source) SREASON:4807 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4807 XF:firefox-locationhash-dos(47572) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47572
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20081224	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20081224)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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