CVE-2008-5712

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None

Description

The HTML parser in KDE Konqueror 3.5.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) a long COLOR attribute in an HR element; or a long (a) BGCOLOR or (b) BORDERCOLOR attribute in a (2) TABLE, (3) TD, or (4) TR element. NOTE: the FONT vector is already covered by CVE-2008-4514.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2008-5712

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2008-12-24T18:29:15

Last Modified Date
2017-09-29T01:32:45

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:3.5.9:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4806
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47696
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6704

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5712
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5712

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:22:08				Added to TrackCVE