CVE-2007-1565

Konqueror 3.5.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by using JavaScript to read a child iframe having an ftp:// URI.

Published: 2007-03-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-1565 is rated Moderate Risk (54.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.26%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-1565

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.65% 1.26% +0.61%
2 2025-11-07 0.49% 0.65% +0.16%
3 2025-03-17 0.49%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-1565

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-1565

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-1565

vendor priority summary link
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-1565
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-1565 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (kdelibs), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-1565

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2007-1565

  • Red Hat (2007-03-26T00:00:00)

    We do not consider a crash of a client application such as Konqueror to be a security issue.

  • Mandriva (2007-09-18T00:00:00)

    Mandriva does not consider crashes of client applications such as Konqueror to be a security issue.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-1565

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kde konqueror 3.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:3.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-1565

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