CVE-2008-5822 : Memory leak in Libxul, as used in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 and other products, allo

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.

Published 2009-01-02 19:30:02

Updated 2017-08-08 01:33:34

Source MITRE

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2008-5822

Mozilla » Libxul
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:libxul:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions
When used together with: Mozilla » Firefox » Version: 3.0.5

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5822

EPSS FAQ

0.72%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 78 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-5822

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source	First Seen
5.0	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P	10.0	2.9	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Partial

CWE ids for CVE-2008-5822

CWE-399

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2008-5822

Red Hat 2009-01-19

Red Hat does not consider a crash of a client application such as Firefox to be a security issue.

References for CVE-2008-5822