CVE-2008-5715

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-12-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

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 products

Mozilla Firefox: 3.0.5

References

http://osvdb.org/51032
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4807
http://websecurity.com.ua/3424/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506006/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32988
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47572
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7554
http://osvdb.org/51032
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4807
http://websecurity.com.ua/3424/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506006/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32988

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