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CVE-2023-38197

Date: July 12, 2023

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.

Language: C++

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (13)

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-38197

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XEGQ6DFTL2BEJMHCD5FJGI6XLWQI7UEA/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XFZORZYCMUZZFIOEZICJ7VH2BZIGY3HV/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F5C3NYVJ73ITE6HUOVVHBUAGORVEJRHO/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XEGQ6DFTL2BEJMHCD5FJGI6XLWQI7UEA/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38197

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00027.html

Url: https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/488960

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XFZORZYCMUZZFIOEZICJ7VH2BZIGY3HV/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F5C3NYVJ73ITE6HUOVVHBUAGORVEJRHO/

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00028.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38197

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-38197

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CWE-835

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

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