CVE-2007-3820

konqueror/konq_combo.cc in Konqueror 3.5.7 allows remote attackers to spoof the data: URI scheme in the address bar via a long URI with trailing whitespace, which prevents the beginning of the URI from being displayed.

Published: 2007-07-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-3820 is rated Moderate Risk (40.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.56%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.17% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2007-3820

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 1.39% 2.56% +1.17%
2 2026-06-08 1.18% 1.39% +0.21%
3 2026-03-05 1.18%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-3820

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-3820

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-3820

vendor priority summary link
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-3820
ubuntu low CVE-2007-3820 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (kdebase), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-3820

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2007-3820

  • Red Hat (2007-09-05T00:00:00)

    This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5, Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248537 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-3820

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kde konqueror 3.5.7 cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:3.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-3820

URL Tags
http://alt.swiecki.net/oper1.html
http://osvdb.org/37242
http://secunia.com/advisories/26091 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26612
http://secunia.com/advisories/26720
http://secunia.com/advisories/27089
http://secunia.com/advisories/27090
http://secunia.com/advisories/27096
http://secunia.com/advisories/27106
http://secunia.com/advisories/27108
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2905
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070816-1.txt
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:176
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0905.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0909.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473703/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473712/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24912
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24918
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018396
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-502-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2538
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35430
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10345
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00022.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00085.html
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