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CVE-2007-5896
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and crash) via an iframe with Javascript…
High7.1EPSS 1.2%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 45296 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.0x000000.com/index.php?i=467&bin=111010011 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- firefox-iframe-javascript-dos(38233) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20071102 Firefox 2.0.0.9 remote DoS vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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