CVE-2003-1478 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Konqueror in KDE 3.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (core dump) via a web page that begins with a "xFFxFE" byte sequence and a large number of CRLF sequences, as demonstrated using freeze.htm.

Published: 2007-10-24

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 2.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-1468	Konqueror in KDE 3.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (core dump) via a web page that begins with a "xFFxFE" byte sequence and a large number of CRLF sequences, as demonstrated using freeze.htm.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02364.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320266
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7486
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11971

History

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Subscriptions

Kde Konqueror

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-10-24T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:28:03.699Z

Reserved: 2007-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-1478

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-1478

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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