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CVE-2008-4166

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-09-22 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the JavaScript engine in Avant Browser 11.7 Build 9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by attempting to URL encode a string containing many instances of an invalid character.

Affected products

• Avantbrowser Avant Browser: through 11.7

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4284
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496301/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31155
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45121
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4284
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496301/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31155
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45121

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