PT-2004-1597 · Mozilla · Mozilla Firefox

Published 2004-05-20 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-0478

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in high CPU and RAM consumption. This can be achieved by using Javascript with an infinite loop that continuously adds input to a form. The loop may be triggered by inserting control characters, as demonstrated using an embedded ctrl-U character.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0478

Affected Products

Mozilla Firefox

References · 4

• http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=243540 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0478 · Security Note
• http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2004-May/000587.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16225 · Note