CVE-2008-4514 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the KDE Konqueror browser by sending a crafted HTML page with a long font color value, requiring user interaction to view the page.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-4514?
CVE-2008-4514 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Oct 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The HTML parser in KDE Konqueror 3.5.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a font tag with a long color value, which triggers an assertion error.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4514?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Konqueror Konqueror.
How do I fix CVE-2008-4514?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4514 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-4514 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-4514 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3f9f-vphf-4p5x.