cve-2008-5712
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-12-24 17:00
Modified
2024-08-07 11:04
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/4806
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47696
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6704
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4806
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47696
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6704
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