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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2003-1478 json

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 seq…

published 2003-12-31 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-1468

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-22560)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-22560 KDE Konqueror 3.0.3 - Malformed HTML Page Denial of Service dos, 2003-05-02
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7486 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/320266 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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