PT-2008-6750 · Kde · Konqueror

Jeremy Brown · Published 2008-12-22 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-5698

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Konqueror in KDE versions 3.5.9 through 3.5.10

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash. This is achieved by making an invalid document.load call, which triggers the use of a deleted object.

Recommendations For Konqueror in KDE versions 3.5.9 and 3.5.10, consider avoiding the use of the document.load call until a fix is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5698

Affected Products

Konqueror

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/6718 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5698 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32208 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2915 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45804 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31696 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4796 · Note