CVE-2007-0242

CVE Details

Release Date:	2007-04-03
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.3
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (qt)	ELSA-2007-0883	2007-09-13
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kdelibs)	ELSA-2007-0909	2007-10-08
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (qt)	ELSA-2007-0883	2007-09-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (kdelibs)	ELSA-2007-0909	2007-10-08
Oracle Linux version 5 (qt)	ELSA-2007-0883	2007-09-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (qt4)	ELSA-2011-1324	2011-09-21