Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and crash) via an iframe with Javascript that sets the document.location to contain a leading NULL byte (\x00) and a (1) res://, (2) about:config, or (3) file:/// URI.
Published 2007-11-08 20:46:00
Updated 2017-07-29 01:33:56
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2007-5896

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5896

0.75%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 81 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2007-5896

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.1
HIGH AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
8.6
6.9
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2007-5896

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2007-5896

  • Red Hat 2007-11-19
    Red Hat does not consider this flaw a security issue. This flaw is not exploitable and can only cause a client to stop responding or crash.
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