CVE-2025-30348 Denial of service in Qt

Medium 5.8 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service in applications using Qt's QDom by triggering a complex algorithm in encodeText.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2025-30348?

CVE-2025-30348 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Qt Qt, published on 21 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

encodeText in QDom in Qt before 6.8.0 has a complex algorithm involving XML string copy and inline replacement of parts of a string (with relocation of later data).

Weakness: CWE-407

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-30348?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Qt Qt.

How do I fix CVE-2025-30348?

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-2025-30348 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-30348 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as AZL-58948, AZL-58958, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-30348, GHSA-hc3c-6xqp-r265, OESA-2025-1384, OESA-2025-1385 and 5 more.

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