CVE-2008-5821 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a browser crash and memory exhaustion via a crafted HTML document, affecting Apple Safari users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-5821?
CVE-2008-5821 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Safari, published on 2 Jan 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Memory leak in WebKit.dll in WebKit, as used by Apple Safari 3.2 on Windows Vista SP1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and browser crash) via a long ALINK attribute in a BODY element in an HTML document.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5821?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Safari.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5821?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5821 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-5821 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-5821 exists.
Public exploit code: 3 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Safari
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j9x2-w3ff-pqpp.