{"cve":"CVE-2008-5715","nvd":{"published":"2008-12-24T18:29:15.907","modified":"2026-06-16T23:00:51.870","status":"Modified","description":"Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 on Windows Vista allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via JavaScript code with a long string value for the hash property (aka location.hash). NOTE: it was later reported that earlier versions are also affected, and that the impact is CPU consumption and application hang in unspecified circumstances perhaps involving other platforms.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://osvdb.org/51032","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4807","http://websecurity.com.ua/3424/","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506006/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32988"],"products":["mozilla:firefox"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:53:23.791937413+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-5715","score":0.085,"percentile":0.95038,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}