CVE-2007-2671

Publication date 14 May 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Description

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long hostname in an HREF attribute in an A element, which triggers an out-of-bounds memory access.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored
7.10 gutsy Ignored
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.10 edgy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored

Notes

kees

browser crash

jdstrand

browser crash is not security vulnerability, and this affect later versions of firefox

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