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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mozilla Libxul 3.0.5 (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 12/31/2008. The weakness was disclosed 01/02/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-5822 since 01/02/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 63402 (GLSA-201301-01 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (BEAST)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47758), Tenable (63402), SecurityFocus (BID 51752†), OSVDB (53307†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-21464†). The entries VDB-5327, VDB-36797, VDB-36612 and VDB-37141 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Type

• Web Browser

Vendor

• Mozilla

Name

• Libxul

Version

• 3.0.5

License

• open-source

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 63402
Nessus Name: GLSA-201301-01 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (BEAST)
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OpenVAS ID: 800402
OpenVAS Name: Firefox Browser Libxul Memory Leak Remote DoS Vulnerability - Linux
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/31/2008 🔍
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01/02/2009 +2 days 🔍
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04/02/2009 +90 days 🔍
01/31/2012 +1033 days 🔍
01/08/2013 +343 days 🔍
01/08/2013 +0 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +798 days 🔍
08/03/2021 +2331 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-5822 (🔍)
X-Force: 47758
SecurityFocus: 51752
OSVDB: 53307 - CVE-2008-5822 - Mozilla - Libxul - Denial-Of-Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 21464 - Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 Libxul Memory leak Remote DoS Vulnerability via Long CLASS Attribute, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 04:11 PM
Updated: 08/03/2021 11:29 PM
Changes: 03/17/2015 04:11 PM (68), 08/31/2019 05:57 PM (6), 08/03/2021 11:29 PM (4)
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Cache ID: 18:F5C:40

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