High severity · published Jul 13, 2023
CVE-2023-38197
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
7.5
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
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)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
QT
QT · QT
before 5.15.15; 6.0.0 before 6.2.10; 6.3.0 before 6.5.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38197
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38197
Patch
https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/488960
lists.debian.org
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/F5C3NYVJ73ITE6HUOVVHBUAGORVEJRHO/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XEGQ6DFTL2BEJMHCD5FJGI6XLWQI7UEA/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XFZORZYCMUZZFIOEZICJ7VH2BZIGY3HV/
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