# CVE-2007-2869: The form autocomplete feature in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.x before 1.5.0.12, 2.x before 2.0.0.4, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote att

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-06-01 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The form autocomplete feature in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.x before 1.5.0.12, 2.x before 2.0.0.4, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent temporary CPU consumption) via a large number of characters in a submitted form.

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## References

- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-13.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1308
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:120
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470172/100/200/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25647
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34612
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_36_mozilla.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-06.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25635
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25534
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1994
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0400.html
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.571857
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25533
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11208
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1306
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1424
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25858
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-468-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0401.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25476
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:126
- http://osvdb.org/35135

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