VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-5821
Memory leak in WebKit.dll in WebKit, as used by Apple Safari 3.2 on Windows Vista SP1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and browser crash) via a long ALINK attribute in a BODY element in an HTML document.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 3.92%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.92%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Memory leak in WebKit.dll in WebKit, as used by Apple Safari 3.2 on Windows Vista SP1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and browser crash) via a long ALINK attribute in a BODY element in an HTML document.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.92% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- apple/safari
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/safari_webkit_ml.txtExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33080Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47724
- http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/safari_webkit_ml.txtExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33080Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47724
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.