CVE-2008-4382 : Konqueror in KDE 3.5.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (app

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.

Published 2008-10-02 18:18:06

Updated 2025-04-09 00:30:58

Source MITRE

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2008-4382

KDE » Konqueror » Version: 3.5.9
cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:3.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4382

EPSS FAQ

0.47%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 62 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-4382

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source	First Seen
5.0	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P	10.0	2.9	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Partial

CWE ids for CVE-2008-4382

CWE-399

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2008-4382

Red Hat 2017-08-07

We do not consider a crash of a client application such as Konqueror to be a security issue.

References for CVE-2008-4382