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CVE-2008-5822

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2009-01-02 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Libxul

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References