CVE-2007-0242
5.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
0.027 Low
EPSS
Percentile
90.4%
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
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.asc
fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-703.shtml
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1324.html
secunia.com/advisories/24699
secunia.com/advisories/24705
secunia.com/advisories/24726
secunia.com/advisories/24727
secunia.com/advisories/24759
secunia.com/advisories/24797
secunia.com/advisories/24847
secunia.com/advisories/24889
secunia.com/advisories/25263
secunia.com/advisories/26804
secunia.com/advisories/26857
secunia.com/advisories/27108
secunia.com/advisories/27275
secunia.com/advisories/46117
slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.348591
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-424.htm
support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/39ea4b325a7da742cb8b6995fa585b14.html
support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/fc79b7f48d739f9c803a24ddad933384.html
www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1292
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:074
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:075
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:076
www.nabble.com/Bug-417390:-CVE-2007-0242%2C--Qt-UTF-8-overlong-sequence-decoding-vulnerability-t3506065.html
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_6_sr.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0883.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0909.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/23269
www.trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2007-03-30.9172215350
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-452-1
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1212
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33397
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1202
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11510
Related
5.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
0.027 Low
EPSS
Percentile
90.4%