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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

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

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2009-01-02 19:30

Updated : 2023-12-10 10:51

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

{"id": "CVE-2008-5821", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "cvssData": {"version": "2.0", "baseScore": 5.0, "accessVector": "NETWORK", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P", "authentication": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "accessComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE"}, "acInsufInfo": false, "impactScore": 2.9, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "2009-01-02T19:30:00.377", "references": [{"url": "http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/safari_webkit_ml.txt", "tags": ["Exploit"], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33080", "tags": ["Exploit"], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47724", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}], "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-399"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Fuga de memoria en WebKit.dll en Webkit, como el utilizado en Safari v3.2 en Windows Vista SP1, permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (consumo de memoria y cuelgue del navegador) a trav\u00e9s de un atributo ALINK largo en un elemento BODY en un documento HTML."}], "lastModified": "2017-08-08T01:33:33.657", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "4DD634B1-4986-4E80-8BDC-58941893F6BB"}], "operator": "OR"}, {"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": false, "matchCriteriaId": "C162FFF0-1E8F-4DCF-A08F-6C6E324ED878"}], "operator": "OR"}], "operator": "AND"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org"}