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Status published
Medium
CVE-2007-0242
The UTF-8 decoder in codecs/qutfcodec.cpp in Qt 3.3.8 and 4.2.3...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/39ea4b325a7da742cb8b6995fa585b14.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33397
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24699
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0909.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:074
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1202
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:076
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-424.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24889
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27275
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24727
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26857
- http://www.trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2007-03-30.9172215350
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_6_sr.html
- http://www.nabble.com/Bug-417390:-CVE-2007-0242%2C--Qt-UTF-8-overlong-sequence-decoding-vulnerability-t3506065.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1292
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24847
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24705
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1324.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23269
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46117
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27108
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24759
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-452-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24726
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.asc
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1212
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25263
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26804
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-703.shtml
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11510
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0883.html
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.348591
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:075
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/fc79b7f48d739f9c803a24ddad933384.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24797
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Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
3.3.8, 4.2.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 3rd, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.