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CVE-2007-2162

(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…

Published 19 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.4%
percentile 72%
Public exploits
0
none known

(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 /(.)*/.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.38% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

References

  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/466220/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/466147/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/466017/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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