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CVE-2008-5821
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…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.9%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.6% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- apple-safari-alink-dos(47724) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 33080 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/safari_webkit_ml.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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