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CVE-2008-5822 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47758 CVE
http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/mzff_libxul_ml.txt CVEExploit
http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47758 [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-399Resource Management Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mozilla libxul
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:libxul:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mozilla firefox
3.0.5

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5822
NVD Published Date:
Jan 2, 2009
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2008-5822 Details - Not Deferred