Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and crash) via an iframe with Javascript that sets the document.location to contain a leading NULL byte (\x00) and a (1) res://, (2) about:config, or (3) file:/// URI
Published Nov 8, 2007
7.1
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.17%
Description
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and crash) via an iframe with Javascript that sets the document.location to contain a leading NULL byte (\x00) and a (1) res://, (2) about:config, or (3) file:/// URI.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat does not consider this flaw a security issue. This flaw is not exploitable and can only cause a client to stop responding or crash.
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.17% (0.01174) | 66.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.17% (0.01174) | 63.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.62% (0.00617) | 68.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.75% (0.00749) | 81.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 20, 2024 | 0.60% (0.00601) | 78.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 11, 2024 | 0.58% (0.00577) | 77.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 8, 2024 | 0.92% (0.00920) | 82.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.92% (0.00920) | 80.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://osvdb.org/45296 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.0x000000.com/index.php?i=467&bin=111010011 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Full-Disclosure/2007-11/msg00094.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5896 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38233 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5896
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5896
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/45296 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.0x000000.com/index.php?i=467&bin=111010011 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Full-Disclosure/2007-11/msg00094.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5896 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38233 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5896 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5896 |
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