CVE-2007-5965

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.

Published: 2008-01-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5965

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5965

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-5965

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-5965

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5965
ubuntu 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

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2007-5965

  • Red Hat (2008-01-08T00:00:00)

    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.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5965

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-5965

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