#VU27497 Resource exhaustion in Qt - CVE-2018-19871
Published: May 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27497
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19871
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Qt
Qt
Software vendor:
Trolltech
Trolltech
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within QTgaFile in Qt. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00002.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2135
- https://blog.qt.io/blog/2018/12/04/qt-5-11-3-released-important-security-updates/
- https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/237761/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00014.html