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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-4137 · published 18 September 2007

CVE-2007-4137: Trolltech qt memory buffer overflow vulnerability

TTrolltech · Qt

Off-by-one error in the QUtf8Decoder::toUnicode function in Trolltech Qt 3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Unicode string that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: Qt 4 has the same error in the QUtf8Codec::convertToUnicode function, but it is not exploitable.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 2.3% · top 17.1% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
2.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
72References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Off-by-one error in the QUtf8Decoder::toUnicode function in Trolltech Qt 3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Unicode string that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: Qt 4 has the same error in the QUtf8Codec::convertToUnicode function, but it is not exploitable.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.asc
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192472
http://dist.trolltech.com/developer/download/175791_3.diff
http://dist.trolltech.com/developer/download/175791_4.diff
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-221.shtml
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-703.shtml
http://osvdb.org/39384
http://secunia.com/advisories/26778 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26782 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26804
http://secunia.com/advisories/26811 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26857
http://secunia.com/advisories/26868
http://secunia.com/advisories/26882
http://secunia.com/advisories/26987
http://secunia.com/advisories/27053
http://secunia.com/advisories/27275
http://secunia.com/advisories/27382
http://secunia.com/advisories/27996
http://secunia.com/advisories/28021
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-28.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-08.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018688
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-424.htm
http://trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2007-09-03.7564032119
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1426
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:183
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0883.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481498/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25657
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-513-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3144
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=269001
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1751
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11159
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.asc
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192472
http://dist.trolltech.com/developer/download/175791_3.diff
http://dist.trolltech.com/developer/download/175791_4.diff

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-4137), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.