CVE-2010-2621 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite loop in Qt SSL socket handling.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-2621?
CVE-2010-2621 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Qt Qt, published on 2 Jul 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The QSslSocketBackendPrivate::transmit function in src_network_ssl_qsslsocket_openssl.cpp in Qt 4.6.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed request.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2621?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Digia Qt, Qt Qt.
How do I fix CVE-2010-2621?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-2621 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-2621 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-2621 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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Sources
Also known as CVE-2010-2533, GHSA-m9q6-wcwv-qqmp.