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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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2017-10-10T00:57:01

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


Link: CVE-2007-0242

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:00:05.153


Link: CVE-2007-0242

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