medium4.3
CVE-2007-0242
The UTF-8 decoder in codecs/qutfcodec.cpp in Qt 3.3.8 and 4.2.3 does not reject long UTF-8 sequences as required by the standard, which allows remote attackers…
Impact
The UTF-8 decoder in codecs/qutfcodec.cpp in Qt 3.3.8 and 4.2.3 does not reject long UTF-8 sequences as required by the standard, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) and directory traversal attacks via long sequences that decode to dangerous metacharacters.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Qt | Qt | Versions 3.3.8, 4.2.3 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-703.shtml
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1324.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24699
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24705
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24726
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24727
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24759
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24797
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24847
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24889
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25263
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26804
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26857
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27108
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27275
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46117
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.348591
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-424.htm
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/39ea4b325a7da742cb8b6995fa585b14.html
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/fc79b7f48d739f9c803a24ddad933384.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1292
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:074
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:075
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:076
- http://www.nabble.com/Bug-417390:-CVE-2007-0242%2C--Qt-UTF-8-overlong-sequence-decoding-vulnerability-t3506065.html