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title: "CVE-2008-4514\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-4514

Publication date 9 October 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The HTML parser in KDE Konqueror 3.5.9 allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (application crash) via a font tag with a long color
value, which triggers an assertion error.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4514?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| kdebase | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored |
| 7.04 feisty | Ignored |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [kees](https://launchpad.net/~kees)

not considered a security issue: browser crash-only.

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4514)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4514)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-4514)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4514)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4514>