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.
Published 2008-12-22 15:30:01
Updated 2017-09-29 01:32:45
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
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
4.3
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
8.6
2.9
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2008-5698

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2008-5698

  • Red Hat 2009-01-19
    Red Hat does not consider a crash of a client application such as Konqueror to be a security issue.
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