CVE catalog
CVE-2008-5185
geshi: CVE-2008-5185
- Severity
- High
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.89% · Oct 25, 2026
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 "<".
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | geshi | sid | 1.0.9.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | geshi | forky | 1.0.9.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | geshi | trixie | 1.0.9.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | geshi | bookworm | 1.0.9.1-1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | geshi | source | sid | 1.0.8.1-1 | medium | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | geshi | source | forky | 1.0.8.1-1 | medium | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | geshi | source | trixie | 1.0.8.1-1 | medium | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | geshi | source | bookworm | 1.0.8.1-1 | medium | Not reported | Not reported |