CVE-2008-5185
N/A
Published: November 21, 2008 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGeshi
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
The highlighting functionality in geshi.php in GeSHi before 1.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an XML sequence containing an opening delimiter without a closing delimiter, as demonstrated using "<".
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (4)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/4VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46769Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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