Unscored severity · published Jan 2, 2009
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…
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CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libxul · Mozilla
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5822
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5822
jbrownsec.blogspot.com
http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html
Exploit
http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/mzff_libxul_ml.txt
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47758