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CVE-2008-5822 (GCVE-0-2008-5822)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-02 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:04
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2008-12-31 00:00
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