KDE.LibkHTML.NodeType.DoS

description-logoDescription

This indicates a possible exploit of a DoS vulnerability in the nodeType function in KDE libkhtml, as used by Konquerer, KMail, and other programs. The exploit may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed HTML tags.

affected-products-logoAffected Products

KDE Libkhtml 4.2
KDE Konqueror 3.5.2
KDE kmail 1.9.1

Impact logoImpact

Denial of Service.

recomended-action-logoRecommended Actions

Currently we are not aware of any official vendor supplied patches for this issue.

Telemetry logoTelemetry

Coverage

IPS (Regular DB)
IPS (Extended DB)

Version Updates

Date Version Detail
2020-12-11 16.978