CVE-2008-5298 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in chm2pdf 0.9, affecting the karakas-online chm2pdf product. Local users can exploit this by pre-creating fixed-name temporary directories, preventing other users from successfully converting CHM files to PDF. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and only a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:karakas-online:chm2pdf:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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