QSslSocket in Trolltech Qt 4.3.0 through 4.3.2 does not properly verify SSL certificates, which might make it easier for remote attackers to trick a user into accepting an invalid server certificate for a spoofed service, or trick a service into accepting an invalid client certificate for a user.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-5965 is rated Moderate Risk (40.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.28%). 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.
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 | 1.51% | 1.28% | -0.23% |
| 2 | 2026-03-25 | 1.41% | 1.51% | +0.09% |
| 3 | 2026-02-02 | — | 1.41% | — |
Full EPSS history (17 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5965 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2007-5965 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (qt4-x11), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5965 |
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of qt or qt4 packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| trolltech | qsslsocket | 4.3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:qsslsocket:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| trolltech | qsslsocket | 4.3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:qsslsocket:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| trolltech | qsslsocket | 4.3.2 | cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:qsslsocket:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |