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CVE-2005-0237

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0237 describes a domain name spoofing vulnerability in Konqueror 3.2.1 on KDE 3.2.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to use punycode-encoded domain names with homograph characters in URLs and SSL certificates, facilitating phishing attacks. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, primarily impacting integrity by enabling spoofing. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0163 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kdelibs-6:3.3.1-3.6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-0237Important

security flaw

Feb 7, 2005

References

lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html
ExploitVendor Advisory
lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031460.html
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/14162
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/19236
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10671
kde.org / info/security/advisory-20050316-2.txt
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-325.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/427976/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/12461
shmoo.com / idn
Exploit
shmoo.com / idn/homograph.txt