CVE-2008-5821

Memory leak in WebKit.dll in WebKit, as used by Apple Safari 3.2 on Windows Vista SP1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and browser crash) via a long ALINK attribute in a BODY element in an HTML document.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/safari_webkit_ml.txt	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33080	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47724
http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/safari_webkit_ml.txt	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33080	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47724

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 00:54

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html -~~	() http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html -
References	~~() http://packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/safari_webkit_ml.txt - Exploit~~	() http://packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/safari_webkit_ml.txt - Exploit
References	~~() http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33080 - Exploit~~	() http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33080 - Exploit
References	~~() https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47724 -~~	() https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47724 -

Information

Published : 2009-01-02 19:30

Updated : 2024-11-21 00:54

NVD link : CVE-2008-5821

Mitre link : CVE-2008-5821

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-5821

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows_vista

apple

safari

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

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