CVE-2007-0242

CVE Details

Release Date:

2007-04-03

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.

See more information about CVE-2007-0242 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.3	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	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

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