CVE-2008-5822

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 2, 2009
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-5822: Medium severity, CVSS 5.0 | Vulnix