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CVE-2008-5822

Memory leak in Libxul, as used in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 and other products, allo...

Medium CVSS 5.0

Overview

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.

CWE: CWE-399 Published: 2009-01-02T19:30:01.733
Risk analysis

This vulnerability is rated 🟡 MEDIUM.

  • CVSS: 5.0 (MEDIUM)
  • Detected tags: none (tag impact: LOW)

Recommended actions:

  • Prioritize remediation based on business criticality and exposure.
  • Limit exposure and increase monitoring until fixed.

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