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 Jan 2, 2009
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.92%
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 products
No data.
Running on/with
- n/a
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No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3.92% (0.03917) | 90.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.92% (0.03917) | 88.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 13.71% (0.13711) | 94.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 22, 2026 | 12.45% (0.12450) | 93.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 18, 2025 | 10.80% (0.10801) | 93.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 11.86% (0.11863) | 93.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 10.21% (0.10212) | 88.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 11.86% (0.11863) | 93.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 24.10% (0.24097) | 96.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 18.64% (0.18638) | 96.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 13, 2023 | 19.49% (0.19493) | 95.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 3, 2023 | 11.03% (0.11026) | 94.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 22, 2023 | 8.10% (0.08099) | 93.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.65% (0.05650) | 92.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 87.39th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 86.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 69.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (4)
- http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/safari_webkit_ml.txt x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33080 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47724 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://jbrownsec.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-research-are-upon-us.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://packetstormsecurity.org/0812-exploits/safari_webkit_ml.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33080 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47724 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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