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CVE-2007-2162 Details

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 /(.)*/.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466017/100/0/threaded CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466147/100/0/threaded CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466220/100/0/threaded CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466017/100/0/threaded [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466147/100/0/threaded [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gnu iceweasel
2.0.0.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:iceweasel:2.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mozilla firefox
2.0.0.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-2162
NVD Published Date:
Apr 22, 2007
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]