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)
Published Dec 24, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.50%
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
No data.
Running on/with
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat does not consider a crash of a client application such as Firefox to be a security issue.
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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.50% (0.08500) | 94.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.50% (0.08500) | 94.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 12, 2025 | 8.29% (0.08294) | 91.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 10.85% (0.10853) | 92.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 13.43% (0.13430) | 90.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 10.85% (0.10853) | 92.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.57% (0.02566) | 90.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 22, 2024 | 2.57% (0.02566) | 90.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.38% (0.02380) | 88.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://osvdb.org/51032 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4807 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://websecurity.com.ua/3424/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506006/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32988 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5715 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47572 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5715
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5715
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7554 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/51032 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4807 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://websecurity.com.ua/3424/ | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506006/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32988 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5715 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47572 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5715 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5715 | ||
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7554 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
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