CVE-2008-5698

high

Description

HTMLTokenizer::scriptHandler in Konqueror in KDE 3.5.9 and 3.5.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid document.load call that triggers use of a deleted object. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6718

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45804

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2915

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31696

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4796

http://secunia.com/advisories/32208

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-12-22

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.08512