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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 22, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2007-2162

CVE-2007-2162

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 /(.)*/.

Affected products

4
  • GNU/Iceweasel2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:gnu:iceweasel:2.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:iceweasel:2.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: = 2.0.0.3
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: = 2.0.0.3

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

3

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