CVE-2008-5185 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the GeSHi syntax highlighting library, specifically affecting versions prior to 1.0.8. An attacker can trigger an infinite loop by submitting malformed XML, such as an opening delimiter without a corresponding closing one, to the geshi.php component. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and allows for remote unauthenticated attacks leading to a partial denial of service. While no active exploitation is reported, a proof-of-concept exploit exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0.7.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2_beta_1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.2_beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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