01 Record
CVE-2007-0242
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)
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-04-03 16:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 12:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-01-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 73db9e91d02db23161660e0c7a163d7e43b22ca7adf8654f50feee0469af4821
05 Affected products
06 References
- support.novell.comhttp://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/39ea4b325a7da742cb8b6995fa585b14.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comqt-utf8-xss(33397)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33397
- secunia.com24699http://secunia.com/advisories/24699
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0909http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0909.html
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:074http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:074
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1202
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:076http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:076
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-424.htm
- secunia.com24889http://secunia.com/advisories/24889
- secunia.com27275http://secunia.com/advisories/27275
- secunia.com24727http://secunia.com/advisories/24727
- secunia.com26857http://secunia.com/advisories/26857
- www.trolltech.comhttp://www.trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2007-03-30.9172215350
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2007:006http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_6_sr.html
- www.nabble.comhttp://www.nabble.com/Bug-417390:-CVE-2007-0242%2C--Qt-UTF-8-overlong-sequence-decoding-vulnerability-t3506065.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-1292http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1292
- secunia.com24847http://secunia.com/advisories/24847
- secunia.com24705http://secunia.com/advisories/24705
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2011:1324http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1324.html
- www.securityfocus.com23269http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23269
- secunia.com46117http://secunia.com/advisories/46117
- secunia.com27108http://secunia.com/advisories/27108
- secunia.com24759http://secunia.com/advisories/24759
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-452-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-452-1
- secunia.com24726http://secunia.com/advisories/24726
- patches.sgi.com20070901-01-Pftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.asc
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-1212http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1212
- secunia.com25263http://secunia.com/advisories/25263
- secunia.com26804http://secunia.com/advisories/26804
- fedoranews.orgFEDORA-2007-703http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-703.shtml
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11510https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11510
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0883http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0883.html
- slackware.comSSA:2007-093-03http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.348591
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:075http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:075
- support.novell.comhttp://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/fc79b7f48d739f9c803a24ddad933384.html
- secunia.com24797http://secunia.com/advisories/24797