CVE-2007-2164

Publication date 22 April 2007

Last updated 17 July 2025


Ubuntu priority

Description

Konqueror 3.5.5 release 45.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash or abort) via JavaScript that matches a regular expression against a long string, as demonstrated using /(.)*/.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
kdelibs 7.04 feisty Ignored
6.10 edgy Ignored
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored

Notes


kees

browser crash, no memory corruption


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