High severity · published Aug 20, 2023
CVE-2023-37369
In Qt before 5.15.15, 6.x before 6.2.9, and 6.3.x through 6.5.x before 6.5.2, there can be an application crash in QXmlStreamReader via a crafted XML string that triggers a…
7.5
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Qt before 5.15.15, 6.x before 6.2.9, and 6.3.x through 6.5.x before 6.5.2, there can be an application crash in QXmlStreamReader via a crafted XML string that triggers a situation in which a prefix is greater than a length.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
QT
QT · QT
before 5.15.15; 6.0.0 before 6.2.9; 6.3.0 before 6.5.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37369
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-37369
Exploit
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-114829
Patch
https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/455027
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00028.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00027.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3JR3N3IF5MUSETGYE46OZFOGGPY3VZT/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SZK7EDD4ILPPSQAYO54FANUC4NFYLTHU/
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