--- title: CVE-2007-2162 description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-2162 --- # CVE-2007-2162 Publication date 22 April 2007 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Negligible** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description (1) Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 and (2) GNU IceWeasel 2.0.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash or system hang) via JavaScript that matches a regular expression against a long string, as demonstrated using /(.)\*/. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-2162#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | firefox | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored | | 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [kees](https://launchpad.net/~kees) browser denial-of-service --- ### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand) ignoring-- we don't consider browser DoS as security vulnerability, and upstream is not acting on it ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2162) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2162) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-2162) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2162) ### Other references *