CVE-2003-1478 — 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

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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 Oct 24, 2007

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 4.21%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

4.21% 0.04211

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.04211

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	4.21% (0.04211)	90.66th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	4.21% (0.04211)	89.65th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	2.17% (0.02168)	83.16th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.56% (0.00558)	78.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 15, 2024	0.49% (0.00492)	75.49th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Oct 30, 2023	0.49% (0.00492)	73.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 9, 2023	0.48% (0.00478)	72.32th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.68% (0.00677)	76.80th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	2.81% (0.02812)	83.12th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	2.81% (0.02812)	81.44th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.81% (0.02812)	63.95th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (3)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320266
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7486
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11971
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320266		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7486		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11971		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 24, 2007

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Oct 24, 2007

Link CVE-2003-1478

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2003-1478

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2003-1478