7.5

CVE-2003-0204: kde

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDSA-284DSA-293DSA-296
Published 15-04-2003Last modified 08-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0204 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in kde. EPSS estimates a 4.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.03%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 15-04-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

KDE 2 and KDE 3.1.1 and earlier 3.x versions allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) PostScript (PS) or (2) PDF files, related to missing -dPARANOIDSAFER and -dSAFER arguments when using the kghostview Ghostscript viewer.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.03%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.03% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
4.03%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • kdebase< 4:2.2.2-13.woody.7 | < 2.2.2-14.4
  • kdegraphics< 3.8.10-1.2
Kde1 product
  • kde2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.1 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.2 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 3.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.3a | 3.0.4 | 3.0.5 | 3.0.5a | 3.1 | 3.1.1

2 vendors · 3 products

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