{"id":"CVE-2008-5712","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-5712","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:39:58.065Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2008-12-24T18:29:16.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:00:51.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["kde/konqueror"],"epss":{"score":0.03802,"percentile":0.89937,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":2,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2008-10-06","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":6704,"kind":"exploit","title":"Konqueror 3.5.9 - 'color'/'bgcolor' Multiple Remote Crash Vulnerabilities","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6704","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/6704.txt","file":"exploits/linux/dos/6704.txt","published":"2008-10-08","added":"2008-10-07","updated":null,"author":"Jeremy Brown","type":"dos","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-49033","CVE-2008-5712","CVE-2008-4514"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null},{"edbId":6689,"kind":"exploit","title":"Konqueror 3.5.9 - 'font color' Remote Crash","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6689","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/6689.txt","file":"exploits/linux/dos/6689.txt","published":"2008-10-06","added":"2008-10-05","updated":"2017-10-06","author":"Jeremy Brown","type":"dos","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-49033","CVE-2008-5712","CVE-2008-4514"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"2 public exploits are published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4806","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47696","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6704","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4806","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47696","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6704","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5712","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}