Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting qt4-x11 package, versions <4:4.6.2-4


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
14.11% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-QT4X11-406796
  • published2 Jun 2006
  • disclosed2 Jun 2006

Introduced: 2 Jun 2006

CVE-2006-2783  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 qt4-x11 to version 4:4.6.2-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qt4-x11 package and not the qt4-x11 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 strip the Unicode Byte-order-Mark (BOM) from a UTF-8 page before the page is passed to the parser, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a BOM sequence in the middle of a dangerous tag such as SCRIPT.

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