Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-5715
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.
Vulnerability category: Input validationDenial of service
Products affected by CVE-2008-5715
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5715
2.77%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 90 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-5715
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
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2.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2008-5715
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The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
Vendor statements for CVE-2008-5715
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Red Hat 2009-01-19Red Hat does not consider a crash of a client application such as Firefox to be a security issue.
References for CVE-2008-5715
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