5.0med
CVE-2008-5822
Memory leak in Libxul, as used in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory co…
Published 17 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.1%
percentile 81%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Memory leak in Libxul, as used in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and browser hang) via a long CLASS attribute in an HR element in an HTML document.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
2.07% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/47758 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
- packetstormsecurity.org /0812-exploits/mzff_libxul_ml.txt · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- jbrownsec.blogspot.com /2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2008-5822
- NVD: CVE-2008-5822
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