CVE-2008-5698

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-12-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

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.

Affected products

KDE Konqueror: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32208
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4796
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31696
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2915
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45804
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6718
http://secunia.com/advisories/32208
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4796
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31696
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2915
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45804
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6718

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