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CVE-2013-4549

QXmlSimpleReader in Qt before 5.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

Published

2013-12-23T22:55:02.880

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	digia	qt	≤ 5.1.0	Yes
Application	qt	qt	5.0.0	No
Application	qt	qt	5.0.1	No
Application	qt	qt	5.0.2	Yes

References

http://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2014/04/24/qt-4-8-6-released/ ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132395.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00044.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00047.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00085.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00104.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00106.html ([email protected])
http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2013-December/000036.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/56008 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/56166 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2057-1 ([email protected])
https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change%2C71010 ([email protected])
https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change%2C71368 ([email protected])
http://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2014/04/24/qt-4-8-6-released/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132395.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00044.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00047.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00085.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00104.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00106.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2013-December/000036.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/56008 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/56166 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2057-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change%2C71010 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change%2C71368 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)