The vulnerability of the utf8asn1str() function in the ASN1 parser’s command-line utility cURL allows a attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the utf8asn1str function in the ASN1 parser’s command-line utility cURL is related to the release of previously unallocated memory during the processing of ASN1 UTF-8 strings. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause service...

USN-513-1: Qt vulnerability

Dirk Mueller discovered that UTF8 strings could be made to cause a small buffer overflow. A remote attacker could exploit this by sending specially crafted strings to applications that use the Qt3 library for UTF8 processing, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution with user privileges, o...