In Qt before 5.15.15, 6.x before 6.2.9, and 6.3.x through 6.5.x before 6.5.2, there can be an application crash in QXmlStreamReader via a crafted XML string that triggers a situation in which a prefix is greater than a length.
CVE-2023-37369
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2023-08-20. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 65(Attend)EG Risk 65/100SSVC: Attend
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk. - EPSS PROB
- 2%
- EPSS %ILE
- 73%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 20, 2023
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (12)
- cve@mitrehttps://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-114829
- cve@mitrehttps://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/455027
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00028.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00027.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3JR3N3IF5MUSETGYE46OZFOGGPY3VZT/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SZK7EDD4ILPPSQAYO54FANUC4NFYLTHU/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-114829
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/455027
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00028.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00027.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3JR3N3IF5MUSETGYE46OZFOGGPY3VZT/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SZK7EDD4ILPPSQAYO54FANUC4NFYLTHU/
Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | qt5-qtbase-0:5.15.3-5.el8 | 2023-11-14 | redhat |
| redhat | qt5-qtbase-0:5.15.9-7.el9 | 2023-11-07 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(13 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:12(3)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qt6-base | 6.10.2+dfsg-1 ... 6.9.2+dfsg-4 (84 versions) | — | — |
| qtbase-opensource-src | 5.15.8+dfsg-11 | 5.15.8+dfsg-11+deb12u1 | — |
| qtbase-opensource-src-gles | 5.15.10+dfsg-1 ... 5.15.9+dfsg-1 (18 versions) | — | — |
Debian:13(3)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qt6-base | — | 6.4.2+dfsg-20 | — |
| qtbase-opensource-src | — | 5.15.10+dfsg-3 | — |
| qtbase-opensource-src-gles | — | 5.15.10+dfsg-2 | — |
Debian:14(3)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qt6-base | — | 6.4.2+dfsg-20 | — |
| qtbase-opensource-src | — | 5.15.10+dfsg-3 | — |
| qtbase-opensource-src-gles | — | 5.15.10+dfsg-2 | — |
Debian:10(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qt4-x11 | 4:4.8.7+dfsg-18, 4:4.8.7+dfsg-18+deb10u1 | 4:4.8.7+dfsg-18+deb10u2 | — |
| qtbase-opensource-src | 5.11.3+dfsg1-1 ... 5.11.3+dfsg1-1+deb10u5 (6 versions) | 5.11.3+dfsg1-1+deb10u6 | — |
Debian:11(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qtbase-opensource-src | 5.15.2+dfsg-9 | 5.15.2+dfsg-9+deb11u1 | — |
| qtbase-opensource-src-gles | 5.15.10+dfsg-1 ... 5.15.9+dfsg-1 (30 versions) | — | — |
All Vendor Advisories
(3)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2023-373692023-08-20
In Qt before 5.15.15 6.x before 6.2.9 and 6.3.x through 6.5.x before 6.5.2 there can be an application crash in QXmlStreamReader via a crafted XML string that triggers a situation in which a prefix is greater than a length.
- Red HatRHSA-2023:6369MODERATE2023-07-13
RHSA-2023:6369 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:6967MODERATE2023-07-13
RHSA-2023:6967 — Moderate
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