CVE-2008-5821
Memory leak in WebKit.dll in WebKit, as used by Apple Safari 3.2 on Windows Vista SP1, allows...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2008-5821- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2008-5821- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-5791 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2008-5791- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j9x2-w3ff-pqpp No score
Memory leak in WebKit.dll in WebKit, as used by Apple Safari 3.2 on Windows Vista SP1, allows...
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.
- Record
GHSA-j9x2-w3ff-pqpp- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Apple Safari 4.0.5 (531.22.7) - Denial of Service | 2010-04-26 |
| Exploit-DB | Apple Safari 3.2 WebKit - 'alink' Property Memory Leak Remote Denial of Service (1) | 2009-01-01 |
| Exploit-DB | Apple Safari 3.2 WebKit - 'alink' Property Memory Leak Remote Denial of Service (2) | 2009-01-01 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-5821 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Apple Safari, published January 2, 2009. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.92%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
