CVE-2018-19871 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause denial of service in applications using Qt by exploiting uncontrolled resource consumption in QTgaFile.
- 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-2018-19871?
CVE-2018-19871 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. There is QTgaFile Uncontrolled Resource Consumption.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-19871?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (4)
libqt5-qtimageformats SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 | All versions | 5.9.4-3.3.17 |
libqt5-qtimageformats SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | All versions | 5.6.2-3.3.110 |
libqt5-qtimageformats SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | All versions | 5.6.2-3.3.110 |
libqt5-qtimageformats openSUSE:Leap 15.0 | All versions | 5.9.4-lp150.2.3.2 |
Products include Opensuse Leap, Qt Qt.
How do I fix CVE-2018-19871?
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-2018-19871 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-19871 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Leap
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19871, GHSA-8pvx-w36x-67cm, SUSE-SU-2019:0705-1, SUSE-SU-2020:2923-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19871, openSUSE-SU-2019:1115-1.