CVE-2018-19869 Denial of service in n/a
A malformed SVG image causes a segmentation fault in the Qt library, leading to a denial of service for applications using it.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-19869?
CVE-2018-19869 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 26 Dec 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Qt before 5.11.3. A malformed SVG image causes a segmentation fault in qsvghandler.cpp.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-19869?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (6)
libqt5-qtsvg SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | All versions | 5.9.4-3.3.19 |
libqt5-qtsvg SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 | All versions | 5.9.4-3.3.19 |
libqt5-qtsvg SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | All versions | 5.6.2-3.3.110 |
libqt5-qtsvg SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | All versions | 5.6.2-3.3.110 |
libqt5-qtsvg SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | All versions | 5.6.2-3.3.110 |
libqt5-qtsvg openSUSE:Leap 15.0 | All versions | 5.9.4-lp150.2.3.2 |
Products include Opensuse Leap, Qt Qt.
How do I fix CVE-2018-19869?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2018-19869 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-19869 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Leap
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19869, DLA-2422-1, GHSA-pmgg-wc2m-p4m6, SUSE-SU-2019:0706-1, SUSE-SU-2020:2924-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19869 and 1 more.