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Firefox 2.0.0.9 remote DoS vulnerability
Published November 6th, 2007 in Browser Security, Exploits & Vulnerabilities, Firefox
Mozilla provides Firefox 2 for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X in a variety of languages. A stability update released on 1st November 2007 corrected several problems that were found in the previous release, Firefox 2.0.0.8. A new flaw discovered in the lastest Firefox 2.0.0.9 allows a remote attacker to crash the browser causing a DoS.
PoC here: http://www.0×000000.com/lab/t.html
Note: Clicking on the above link might crash your Firefox. For this proof of concept to crash your Firefox 2.0.0.9, you need to enable Javascript and disable extensions like NoScript.
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