CVE-2007-3388

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in (1) qtextedit.cpp, (2) qdatatable.cpp, (3) qsqldatabase.cpp, (4) qsqlindex.cpp, (5) qsqlrecord.cpp, (6) qglobal.cpp, and (7) qsvgdevice.cpp in QTextEdit in Trolltech Qt 3 before 3.3.8 20070727 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in text used to compose an error message.

Published: 2007-08-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-3388 is rated Moderate Risk (53.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.22%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-3388

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 13.08% 4.22% -8.86%
2 2026-05-14 10.93% 13.08% +2.15%
3 2026-03-22 10.93%

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-3388

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-3388

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-3388

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2007-3388: 1 GLSA(s) (200708-16), 1 atom(s) (x11-libs/qt); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-3388
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-3388
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-3388 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (qt-x11-free, qt4-x11), 8 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, released 3, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-3388

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-3388

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
trolltech qt <= 3.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-3388

URL Tags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070801-01-P.asc
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185446
http://dist.trolltech.com/developer/download/170529.diff
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-221.shtml
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-703.shtml
http://secunia.com/advisories/24460
http://secunia.com/advisories/26264
http://secunia.com/advisories/26284
http://secunia.com/advisories/26291
http://secunia.com/advisories/26295 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26298 Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/26306
http://secunia.com/advisories/26385
http://secunia.com/advisories/26607
http://secunia.com/advisories/26804
http://secunia.com/advisories/26852
http://secunia.com/advisories/26882
http://secunia.com/advisories/27996
http://secunia.com/advisories/28021
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-08.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018485 Patch
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-388.htm
http://trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2007-07-27.7503755960 Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1426
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-16.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-28.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:151
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_48_qt3.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0721.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475480/30/5550/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25154 Patch
http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.354168
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-495-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2733
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1597
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9690
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