CVE-2007-0242

NameCVE-2007-0242
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1292-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
qt4-x11 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u5fixed
stretch (security)4:4.8.7+dfsg-11+deb9u3fixed
stretch (lts), stretch4:4.8.7+dfsg-11+deb9u4fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)4:4.8.7+dfsg-18+deb10u2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
qt-x11-freesource(unstable)3:3.3.7-4
qt4-x11sourceetch4.2.1-2etch1DSA-1292-1
qt4-x11source(unstable)4.2.2-2

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