CVE-2006-6660

The nodeType function in KDE libkhtml 4.2.0 and earlier, as used by Konquerer, KMail, and other programs, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed HTML tags, possibly involving a COL SPAN tag embedded in a RANGE tag.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/21662.html	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21662	Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5071

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:kde:libkhtml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2006-12-20 23:28

Updated : 2011-03-08 02:46

NVD link : CVE-2006-6660

Mitre link : CVE-2006-6660

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2006-6660

JSON object : View

Products Affected

kde

libkhtml

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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