Konqueror Embedded and KDE 2.2.2 and earlier does not validate the Common Name (CN) field for X.509 Certificates, which could allow remote…

Description

Konqueror Embedded and KDE 2.2.2 and earlier does not validate the Common Name (CN) field for X.509 Certificates, which could allow remote attackers to spoof certificates via a man-in-the-middle attack.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.1% · top 19% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• RHSA-2003:192 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 20030510 [forward]Apple Safari and Konqueror Embedded Common Name Verification Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• TLSA-2003-36 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBOx_transferred
• RHSA-2003:193 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 20030507 Problem: Multiple Web Browsers do not do not validate CN on certificates. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• DSA-361 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030602-1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 7520 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 8 Aug 2024, 01:50 UTC.