CVE-2007-2162 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the browser or hang the system by tricking users into visiting a page with malicious JavaScript regex.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-2162?
CVE-2007-2162 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 22 Apr 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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 /(.)*/.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2162?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Gnu Iceweasel, Mozilla Firefox.
How do I fix CVE-2007-2162?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2162 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-2162 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2162 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jv2c-3p5q-6f75.