CVE-2008-5822 describes a memory leak vulnerability in Libxul, affecting Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 and other products. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by causing excessive memory consumption and browser hangs through a specially crafted HTML document containing a long CLASS attribute within an HR element. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:libxul:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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