CVE-2008-5822

N/A Unknown

Published: January 02, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026

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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/mzff_libxul_ml.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47758

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html

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

http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/mzff_libxul_ml.txt

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

Exploit

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47758

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

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.5%

66th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

mozilla

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