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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 - Href Denial of Service EDB-29940 · dos · May 1, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 2704 third-party-advisory
- firefox-href-dos(33982) vdb-entry
- 20070501 Firefox 2.0.0.3 Out-of-bounds memory access via specialy crafted html file mailing-list
- 23747 vdb-entry
- 35700 vdb-entry
- http://www.critical.lt/research/opera_die_happy.html