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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…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.1%
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- mitre
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.
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)
- 2.1% · top 19% of all CVEs (3 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
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- affected n/a
References (3)
- libxul-class-dos(47758) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/mzff_libxul_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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