PT-2009-1309 · Mozilla · Firefox

Published 2009-01-02 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-5822

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox version 3.0.5

Description A memory leak issue exists, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service through excessive memory consumption and browser hang. This is achieved by using a long CLASS attribute in an HR element within an HTML document.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox version 3.0.5, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk of memory leak and denial of service.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5822

Affected Products

Firefox

References · 4

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/mzff_libxul_ml.txt · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5822 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47758 · Note
• http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html · Note