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CVE-2007-2162

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2007-04-22 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

(1) Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 and (2) GNU IceWeasel 2.0.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash or system hang) via JavaScript that matches a regular expression against a long string, as demonstrated using /(.)*/.

Affected Platforms

Mozilla FirefoxGnu Iceweasel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References