CVE-2004-0478

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-07-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Unknown versions of Mozilla allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (high CPU/RAM consumption) using Javascript with an infinite loop that continues to add input to a form, possibly as the result of inserting control characters, as demonstrated using an embedded ctrl-U.

Affected products

Mozilla: all versions

References

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=243540
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2004-May/000587.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16225
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=243540
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2004-May/000587.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16225

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