CVE-2008-5821

Published: Jan 2, 2009Modified: Apr 23, 2026

5.0

Vector

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

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Apple: Safari

Apple

1 product

Safari

Configuration A

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Apple Safari	Version 3.2

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Microsoft Windows Vista	All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-399

References (8)

http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/safari_webkit_ml.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33080

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47724

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/safari_webkit_ml.txt

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33080

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47724

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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