CVE-2008-5822 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause browser hangs and memory exhaustion via a crafted HTML document, requiring user interaction to view the page.
- 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-2008-5822?
CVE-2008-5822 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, 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 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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5822?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mozilla Libxul.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5822?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5822 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-2008-5822 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5822 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3j27-rxr5-w58g.