QT / KJS UTF-8 decoding security vulnerability
Published:		05.04.2007
Source:		CVE
SecurityVulns ID:		7532
Type:		library
Level:		6/10
Description:		Oversized UTF-8 sequences are not blocking, making it possible to conduct cross-site scripting and directory traversal attacks.

Affected:		QT : qt 3.3
		KDE : KDE 3.5
CVE:		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) and directory traversal attacks via long sequences that decode to dangerous metacharacters.)

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