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title: "CVE-2008-2014\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-2014

Publication date 30 April 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.0 beta 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (application crash) via JavaScript code that calls document.write
in an infinite loop.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-2014?format=md#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 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored |
| firefox-3.0 | 8.10 intrepid | Ignored |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| iceape | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| iceweasel | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| seamonkey | 8.10 intrepid | Ignored |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| xulrunner | 8.10 intrepid | Ignored |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored |
| 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [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

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

simple resource exhaustion via malicious website. Affects 3.0.1.

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2014)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2014)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-2014)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2014)

### Other references

* <http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/491196/100/0/threaded>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2014>