HIGH
(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 /(.)*/
Published Apr 22, 2007
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.38%
Description
(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 /(.)*/.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.8 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.38% 0.01380
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01380
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.38% (0.01380) | 71.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.38% (0.01380) | 68.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.57% (0.00568) | 66.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.71% (0.00712) | 81.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 24, 2024 | 0.67% (0.00668) | 79.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 17, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00557) | 75.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 10, 2023 | 0.54% (0.00537) | 74.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 2, 2023 | 0.53% (0.00529) | 74.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 0.51% (0.00508) | 73.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.77% (0.00766) | 78.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (3)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466017/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466147/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466220/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466017/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466147/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466220/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 22, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 22, 2007
Link CVE-2007-2162
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a