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CVE-2008-5715

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2008-12-24 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Mozilla FirefoxMicrosoft Windows Vista

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References