CVE-2023-45872 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service by providing a non-SVG image to a QML component expecting SVG, crashing the application.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-45872?
CVE-2023-45872 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Oct 2024. 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 6.2.11 and 6.3.x through 6.6.x before 6.6.1. When a QML image refers to an image whose content is not known yet, there is an assumption that it is an SVG document, leading to a denial of service (application crash) if it is not actually an SVG document.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-45872?
How do I fix CVE-2023-45872?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-45872 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-2023-45872 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-45872 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wgg9-r67j-cc5r, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-45872.