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CVE-2013-4549

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Description

QXmlSimpleReader in Qt before 5.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

References

https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change%2C71368

https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change%2C71010

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2057-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/56166

http://secunia.com/advisories/56008

http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2013-December/000036.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00106.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00104.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00085.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00047.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00044.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132395.html

http://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2014/04/24/qt-4-8-6-released/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-12-23

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.05217

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