Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-5698
HTMLTokenizer::scriptHandler in Konqueror in KDE 3.5.9 and 3.5.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid document.load call that triggers use of a deleted object. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2008-5698
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5698
4.85%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 93 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-5698
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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4.3
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
8.6
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2.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2008-5698
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Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
Vendor statements for CVE-2008-5698
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Red Hat 2009-01-19Red Hat does not consider a crash of a client application such as Konqueror to be a security issue.
References for CVE-2008-5698
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