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CVE-2021-3481 (GCVE-0-2021-3481)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-22 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 16:53
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Summary
A flaw was found in Qt. An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in QRadialFetchSimd in qt/qtbase/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper_p.h in Qt/Qtbase. While rendering and displaying a crafted Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file this flaw may lead to an unauthorized memory access. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and the application availability.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a qt Affected: Fixed in qt 5.12.11, qt 5.15.4, qt 6.0.3, qt 6.1.0RC.
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