CVE-2008-5822

high

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.

References

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-01-02

Updated: 2017-08-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High