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CVE-2023-38197

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Jul 13, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38197
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html

An issue was discovered in Qt before 5.15.15, 6.x before 6.2.10, and 6.3.x through 6.5.x before 6.5.3. There are infinite loops in recursive entity expansion.

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
QtQt*5.15.15 (excluding)
QtQt6.0.0 (including)6.2.10 (excluding)
QtQt6.3.0 (including)6.5.3 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatqt5-qtbase-0:5.15.3-5.el8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9RedHatqt5-qtbase-0:5.15.9-7.el9*
Qt6-baseUbuntubionic*
Qt6-baseUbuntukinetic*
Qt6-baseUbuntulunar*
Qt6-baseUbuntumantic*
Qt6-baseUbuntuoracular*
Qt6-baseUbuntuplucky*
Qt6-baseUbuntutrusty*
Qt6-baseUbuntuxenial*
Qtbase-opensource-srcUbuntubionic*
Qtbase-opensource-srcUbuntufocal*
Qtbase-opensource-srcUbuntukinetic*
Qtbase-opensource-srcUbuntulunar*
Qtbase-opensource-srcUbuntumantic*
Qtbase-opensource-srcUbuntuoracular*
Qtbase-opensource-srcUbuntutrusty*
Qtbase-opensource-srcUbuntuupstream*
Qtbase-opensource-srcUbuntuxenial*

References

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