CVE-2015-9541 XML external entity in n/a

What is CVE-2015-9541?

CVE-2015-9541 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 24 Jan 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Qt through 5.14 allows an exponential XML entity expansion attack via a crafted SVG document that is mishandled in QXmlStreamReader, a related issue to CVE-2003-1564.

Weakness: CWE-776

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-9541?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Qt Qt.

How do I fix CVE-2015-9541?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-9541 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-9541 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-6832, DEBIAN-CVE-2015-9541, GHSA-h29v-8cc2-w88r, MGASA-2020-0192, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9541.