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libkhtml
by:
SecurityFocus
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Denial of Service
400
CWE
Product Name: libkhtml
Affected Version From: N/A
Affected Version To: N/A
Patch Exists: Yes
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
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2006

KDE libkhtml Denial of Service Vulnerability

KDE libkhtml is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability. This issue is triggered when an attacker convinces a victim user to open a malicious HTML document via an affected application such as kmail or Konqueror. Remote attackers may exploit this issue to crash applications that use the affected library, effectively denying service to legitimate users.

Mitigation:

Ensure that all users are running the latest version of the affected library.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21662/info

KDE libkhtml is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

This issue is triggered when an attacker convinces a victim user to open a malicious HTML document via an affected application such as kmail or Konqueror. 

Remote attackers may exploit this issue to crash applications that use the affected library, effectively denying service to legitimate users.

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