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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History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-04-03T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:12:17.982Z

Reserved: 2007-01-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-0242

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-04-03T16:19:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:25:19.787

Link: CVE-2007-0242

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2007-03-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-0242 - Bugzilla