CVE-2008-5185 json
The highlighting functionality in geshi.php in GeSHi before 1.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via…
published 2008-11-21 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5163
- cvss
- 5.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 3.9%
- EPSS 3.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
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 "<".
Patch / fix
- geshi Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.8.1-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5185
Timeline
- First public exploit (EDB-32596)
- Published
Exploit prediction
3.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-32596 GeSHi 1.0.x - XML Parsing Remote Denial of Service dos, 2008-11-20
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2008-5185
- NVD CVE-2008-5185
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