VulnerabilityModified
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 consumption and browser hang) via a long CLASS attribute in an HR element in an HTML document.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.07%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.07% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- mozilla/libxul
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html
- http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/mzff_libxul_ml.txtExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47758
- http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html
- http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/mzff_libxul_ml.txtExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47758
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.