CVE-2008-5185

N/A Unknown

Published: November 21, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

The highlighting functionality in geshi.php in GeSHi before 1.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an XML sequence containing an opening delimiter without a closing delimiter, as demonstrated using "<".

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://geshi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/geshi/trunk/geshi-1.0.X/src/geshi.php?r1=1321&r2=1322&view=patch

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/4

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32377

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46769

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://geshi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/geshi/trunk/geshi-1.0.X/src/geshi.php?r1=1321&r2=1322&view=patch

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/4

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32377

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46769

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

5.0%

90th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

geshi

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