fkie_cve-2007-0242
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2007-04-03 16:19
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orgftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.asc
cve@mitre.orghttp://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-703.shtml
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1324.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/24699
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/24705
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/24726
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/24727
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/24759
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/24797
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/24847
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/24889
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/25263
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26804
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26857
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27108
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27275
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/46117
cve@mitre.orghttp://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.348591
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-424.htm
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/39ea4b325a7da742cb8b6995fa585b14.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/fc79b7f48d739f9c803a24ddad933384.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1292
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:074
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:075
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:076
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.nabble.com/Bug-417390:-CVE-2007-0242%2C--Qt-UTF-8-overlong-sequence-decoding-vulnerability-t3506065.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_6_sr.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0883.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0909.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23269
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2007-03-30.9172215350Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-452-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1212
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33397
cve@mitre.orghttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1202
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11510
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.asc
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-703.shtml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1324.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/24699
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/24705
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/24726
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/24727
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/24759
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/24797
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/24847
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/24889
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/25263
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26804
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26857
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27108
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27275
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/46117
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.348591
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-424.htm
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/39ea4b325a7da742cb8b6995fa585b14.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/fc79b7f48d739f9c803a24ddad933384.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1292
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:074
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:075
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:076
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.nabble.com/Bug-417390:-CVE-2007-0242%2C--Qt-UTF-8-overlong-sequence-decoding-vulnerability-t3506065.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_6_sr.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0883.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0909.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23269
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2007-03-30.9172215350Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-452-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1212
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33397
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1202
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11510
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
qt qt 3.3.8
qt qt 4.2.3



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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.


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