CVE-2008-5712

Publication date 24 December 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
kdebase 9.04 jaunty Ignored
8.10 intrepid Ignored
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored

Notes

jdstrand

browser crash

mdeslaur

no details as of 2009-08-21 browser DoS, no security implications, ignoring.