CVE-2007-0242
N/A
Published: April 3, 2007 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:35 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorQt
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.asc
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-703.shtml
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1324.html
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.348591
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1292
References (36)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGI
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.ascVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-703.shtmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1324.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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