Konqueror: DoS via large length property of a Select object
Published Jul 20, 2009
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.19%
Description
KDE Konqueror allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large integer value for the length property of a Select object, a related issue to CVE-2009-1692.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat does not consider a user-assisted crash of a client application such as Konqueror to be a security issue.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3.19% (0.03186) | 87.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.19% (0.03186) | 86.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.61% (0.03612) | 86.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.13% (0.06130) | 84.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.61% (0.03612) | 86.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.30% (0.04301) | 92.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 8, 2023 | 4.30% (0.04301) | 91.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2023 | 3.08% (0.03082) | 89.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.53% (0.03530) | 90.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 84.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 83.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 66.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36057 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36062 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9160 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- http://www.g-sec.lu/one-bug-to-rule-them-all.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:330 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504969/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504988/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504989/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505006/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2537 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512911 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52871 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2537
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2537
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01177.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01200.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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