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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 21, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-5185

CVE-2008-5185

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 "<".

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Affected products

32
  • Geshi/Geshi32 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 31 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.0.7.22
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.2_beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:geshi:geshi:1.0.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <1.0.8

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