CVE-2008-5715

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 - DoS

Title source: llm

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Jeremy Brown · perldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7554

Scores

EPSS 0.0850
EPSS Percentile 92.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
mozilla/firefox 3.0.5
Published Dec 24, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026