CVE-2004-0478 (GCVE-0-2004-0478)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-05-20 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Unknown versions of Mozilla allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (high CPU/RAM consumption) using Javascript with an infinite loop that continues to add input to a form, possibly as the result of inserting control characters, as demonstrated using an embedded ctrl-U.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
3 references
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|---|---|
| http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=243540 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2004-05-13 00:00
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