CVE-2008-2014 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Mozilla Firefox 3.0 beta 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via JavaScript code that calls document.write in an infinite loop.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01238.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mozilla Subscribe	Firefox Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-2012	Mozilla Firefox 3.0 beta 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via JavaScript code that calls document.write in an infinite loop.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://es.geocities.com/jplopezy/pruebamozilla.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3835
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491196/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491197/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491354/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491355/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42154

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-04-30T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:41:00.264Z

Reserved: 2008-04-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-2014

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-04-30T01:07:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-2014

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

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