What is the severity of CVE-2007-5896?

CVE-2007-5896 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9, which can lead to CPU consumption and crashing.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5896?

To fix CVE-2007-5896, update Mozilla Firefox to a version later than 2.0.0.9 that addresses this vulnerability.

Which versions of Mozilla Firefox are affected by CVE-2007-5896?

CVE-2007-5896 affects Mozilla Firefox version 2.0.0.9.

What types of attacks are possible with CVE-2007-5896?

CVE-2007-5896 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service attacks through a malicious iframe with specific JavaScript manipulations.

Is CVE-2007-5896 a critical vulnerability?

While CVE-2007-5896 is not classified as critical, it poses a significant risk as it can disrupt user experience by causing the browser to crash.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2007-5896

high

7.1

CWE

399

8/11/2007

29/7/2017

CVE-2007-5896

First published: Thu Nov 08 2007(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Mozilla Firefox	=2.0.0.9

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5896?
CVE-2007-5896 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9, which can lead to CPU consumption and crashing.
How do I fix CVE-2007-5896?
To fix CVE-2007-5896, update Mozilla Firefox to a version later than 2.0.0.9 that addresses this vulnerability.
Which versions of Mozilla Firefox are affected by CVE-2007-5896?
CVE-2007-5896 affects Mozilla Firefox version 2.0.0.9.
What types of attacks are possible with CVE-2007-5896?
CVE-2007-5896 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service attacks through a malicious iframe with specific JavaScript manipulations.
Is CVE-2007-5896 a critical vulnerability?
While CVE-2007-5896 is not classified as critical, it poses a significant risk as it can disrupt user experience by causing the browser to crash.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5896?
CVE-2007-5896 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9, which can lead to CPU consumption and crashing.
How do I fix CVE-2007-5896?
To fix CVE-2007-5896, update Mozilla Firefox to a version later than 2.0.0.9 that addresses this vulnerability.
Which versions of Mozilla Firefox are affected by CVE-2007-5896?
CVE-2007-5896 affects Mozilla Firefox version 2.0.0.9.
What types of attacks are possible with CVE-2007-5896?
CVE-2007-5896 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service attacks through a malicious iframe with specific JavaScript manipulations.
Is CVE-2007-5896 a critical vulnerability?
While CVE-2007-5896 is not classified as critical, it poses a significant risk as it can disrupt user experience by causing the browser to crash.