FKIE_CVE-2008-4382

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-10-02 18:18 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
Konqueror in KDE 3.5.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via Javascript that calls the alert function with a URL-encoded string of a large number of invalid characters.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496849/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45645
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496849/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45645
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
kde konqueror 3.5.9
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    },
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  ],
  "id": "CVE-2008-4382",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
  "metrics": {
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        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "LOW",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "baseScore": 5.0,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
          "version": "2.0"
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  "published": "2008-10-02T18:18:05.867",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "vendorComments": [
    {
      "comment": "We do not consider a crash of a client application such as Konqueror to be a security issue.",
      "lastModified": "2017-08-07T21:32:36.217",
      "organization": "Red Hat"
    }
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  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-399"
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