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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...

4.3 MediumFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

2.12%Down 1.8 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.3

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.

Record
CVE-2007-0242
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2007-0242
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-0244 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2007-0244
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4hj5-9h7j-98c6 No score

The UTF-8 decoder in codecs/qutfcodec.cpp in Qt 3.3.8 and 4.2.3 does not reject long UTF-8...

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.

Record
GHSA-4hj5-9h7j-98c6
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
qt4-x11
Debian:4.0
before 4.2.1-2etch1, plus listed versions
4.2.1-2
4.2.1-2etch1
qt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as
before 1:2.3.1-14.EL2
1:2.3.1-14.EL2
qt-Xt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as
before 1:2.3.1-14.EL2
1:2.3.1-14.EL2
qt-designer
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as
before 1:2.3.1-14.EL2
1:2.3.1-14.EL2
qt-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as
before 1:2.3.1-14.EL2
1:2.3.1-14.EL2
qt-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as
before 1:2.3.1-14.EL2
1:2.3.1-14.EL2
qt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw
before 1:2.3.1-14.EL2
1:2.3.1-14.EL2
qt-Xt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw
before 1:2.3.1-14.EL2
1:2.3.1-14.EL2
qt-designer
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw
before 1:2.3.1-14.EL2
1:2.3.1-14.EL2
qt-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw
before 1:2.3.1-14.EL2
1:2.3.1-14.EL2
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
qt-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw
before 1:2.3.1-14.EL2
1:2.3.1-14.EL2
qt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es
before 1:2.3.1-14.EL2
1:2.3.1-14.EL2
qt-Xt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es
before 1:2.3.1-14.EL2
1:2.3.1-14.EL2
qt-designer
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es
before 1:2.3.1-14.EL2
1:2.3.1-14.EL2
qt-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es
before 1:2.3.1-14.EL2
1:2.3.1-14.EL2
qt-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es
before 1:2.3.1-14.EL2
1:2.3.1-14.EL2
qt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws
before 1:2.3.1-14.EL2
1:2.3.1-14.EL2
qt-Xt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws
before 1:2.3.1-14.EL2
1:2.3.1-14.EL2
qt-designer
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws
before 1:2.3.1-14.EL2
1:2.3.1-14.EL2
qt-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws
before 1:2.3.1-14.EL2
1:2.3.1-14.EL2
qt-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws
before 1:2.3.1-14.EL2
1:2.3.1-14.EL2
qt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-MySQL
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-ODBC
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-config
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-designer
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-MySQL
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-ODBC
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-config
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-designer
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-MySQL
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-ODBC
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-config
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-designer
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-MySQL
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-ODBC
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-config
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-designer
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
before 1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
1:3.1.2-17.RHEL3
qt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-MySQL
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-ODBC
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-PostgreSQL
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-config
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-designer
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-MySQL
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-ODBC
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-PostgreSQL
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-config
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-designer
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-MySQL
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-ODBC
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-PostgreSQL
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-config
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-designer
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-MySQL
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-ODBC
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-PostgreSQL
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-config
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-designer
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
before 1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
1:3.3.3-13.RHEL4
qt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
before 1:3.3.6-23.el5
1:3.3.6-23.el5
qt-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
before 1:3.3.6-23.el5
1:3.3.6-23.el5
qt-designer
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
before 1:3.3.6-23.el5
1:3.3.6-23.el5
qt-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
before 1:3.3.6-23.el5
1:3.3.6-23.el5
qt-devel-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
before 1:3.3.6-23.el5
1:3.3.6-23.el5
qt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 1:3.3.6-23.el5
1:3.3.6-23.el5
qt-MySQL
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 1:3.3.6-23.el5
1:3.3.6-23.el5
qt-ODBC
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 1:3.3.6-23.el5
1:3.3.6-23.el5
qt-PostgreSQL
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 1:3.3.6-23.el5
1:3.3.6-23.el5
qt-config
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 1:3.3.6-23.el5
1:3.3.6-23.el5
qt-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 1:3.3.6-23.el5
1:3.3.6-23.el5
qt
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 1:3.3.6-23.el5
1:3.3.6-23.el5
qt-MySQL
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 1:3.3.6-23.el5
1:3.3.6-23.el5
qt-ODBC
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 1:3.3.6-23.el5
1:3.3.6-23.el5
qt-PostgreSQL
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 1:3.3.6-23.el5
1:3.3.6-23.el5
qt-config
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 1:3.3.6-23.el5
1:3.3.6-23.el5
qt-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 1:3.3.6-23.el5
1:3.3.6-23.el5
qt-designer
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 1:3.3.6-23.el5
1:3.3.6-23.el5
qt-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 1:3.3.6-23.el5
1:3.3.6-23.el5
qt-devel-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
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1:3.3.6-23.el5
kdelibs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
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6:3.3.1-9.el4
kdelibs-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
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6:3.3.1-9.el4
kdelibs-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
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6:3.3.1-9.el4
kdelibs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
before 6:3.3.1-9.el4
6:3.3.1-9.el4
kdelibs-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
before 6:3.3.1-9.el4
6:3.3.1-9.el4
kdelibs-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
before 6:3.3.1-9.el4
6:3.3.1-9.el4
kdelibs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
before 6:3.3.1-9.el4
6:3.3.1-9.el4
kdelibs-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
before 6:3.3.1-9.el4
6:3.3.1-9.el4
kdelibs-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
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6:3.3.1-9.el4
kdelibs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
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6:3.3.1-9.el4
kdelibs-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
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6:3.3.1-9.el4
kdelibs-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
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6:3.3.1-9.el4
kdelibs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
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6:3.5.4-13.el5
kdelibs-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
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6:3.5.4-13.el5
kdelibs-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
before 6:3.5.4-13.el5
6:3.5.4-13.el5
kdelibs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
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6:3.5.4-13.el5
kdelibs-apidocs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
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6:3.5.4-13.el5
kdelibs-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
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6:3.5.4-13.el5
kdelibs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
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6:3.5.4-13.el5
kdelibs-apidocs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
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6:3.5.4-13.el5
kdelibs-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
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6:3.5.4-13.el5
kdelibs-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
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6:3.5.4-13.el5
qt4
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
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qt4-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
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qt4-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
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qt4-mysql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
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qt4-odbc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
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0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
qt4-postgresql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
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0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
qt4-sqlite
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
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0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
qt4
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
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qt4-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
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qt4-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
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0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
qt4
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
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qt4-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
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0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
qt4-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
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0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
qt4-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
qt4-mysql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
qt4-odbc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
qt4-postgresql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
qt4-sqlite
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1
0:4.2.1-1.el5_7.1

History

History
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In short

CVE-2007-0242 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Qt, published April 3, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.12%, the 81st percentile. Fixed in qt4-x11 4.2.1-2etch1.

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