CVE-2007-0242

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-0242
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-04-03 16:19:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qt Qt 3.3.8 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.2.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Security update for Qt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.novell.com
Red Hat update for qt4 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Trolltech Qt UTF-8 Sequences Input Validation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Nabble - Bug#417390: CVE-2007-0242, Qt UTF-8 overlong sequence decoding vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.nabble.com
Avaya Products Qt Overlong UTF-8 Sequence Cross-Site Scripting - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
rPath update for qt-x11-free - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Fedora update for qt - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for kdelibs - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
USN-452-1: KDE library vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Qt Overlong UTF-8 Sequence Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDKSA-2007:076 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Mandriva update for kdelibs - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedoranews.org
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
SUSE update for qt3 and qt4 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mandriva update for qt3 and qt4 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Trolltech Releases Patch for Qt 3.3.8 and 4.2.3, Adressing UTF-8 Security Issue — Trolltech af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trolltech.com Patch
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1202 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
ASA-2007-424 (RHSA-2007-0883) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Debian update for qt4-x11 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1292-1 qt4-x11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Slackware update for qt - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security update for Qt3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.novell.com
Ubuntu update for kdelibs and qt-x11-free - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Nabble - Bug#417390: CVE-2007-0242, Qt UTF-8 overlong sequence decoding vulnerability MITRE www.nabble.com
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