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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.

Published

2009-01-02T19:30:00.377

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	apple	safari	3.2	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows_vista	*	No

References

http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/safari_webkit_ml.txt Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33080 Exploit ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47724 ([email protected])
http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/safari_webkit_ml.txt Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33080 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47724 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)