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CVE-2008-5712

Published: 24 December 2008

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
browser crash
mdeslaur
no details as of 2009-08-21
browser DoS, no security implications, ignoring.

Priority

Negligible

Status

Package Release Status
kdebase
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Ignored

gutsy Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
hardy Ignored

intrepid Ignored

jaunty Ignored

upstream Needs triage