CVE-2023-38197 (GCVE-0-2023-38197)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-13 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 17:30
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in Qt before 5.15.15, 6.x before 6.2.10, and 6.3.x through 6.5.x before 6.5.3. There are infinite loops in recursive entity expansion.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/488960 | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023… | mailing-list |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024… | mailing-list |
Impacted products
5 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| qt | qt |
Affected:
0 , < 5.15.5
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| qt | qt |
Affected:
6.3.0 , < 6.5.3
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:6.3.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| fedoraproject | fedora |
Affected:
38
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| fedoraproject | fedora |
Affected:
37
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| qt | qt |
Affected:
6.0.0 , < 6.2.10
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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