CVE-2015-9541 (GCVE-0-2015-9541)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-24 21:53 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Qt through 5.14 allows an exponential XML entity expansion attack via a crafted SVG document that is mishandled in QXmlStreamReader, a related issue to CVE-2003-1564.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-47417 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
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