Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-5712

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.
Published 2008-12-24 18:29:16
Updated 2017-09-29 01:32:45
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Input validationDenial of service

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5712

EPSS FAQ
0.58%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 75 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-5712

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

CWE ids for CVE-2008-5712

  • The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2008-5712

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

References for CVE-2008-5712

Products affected by CVE-2008-5712

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