CVE-2020-24742

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    CVE-2020-24742

    Published: 9 Aug 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue has been fixed in Qt versions 5.14.0 where QPluginLoader attempts to load plugins relative to the working directory, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted files.

    References: https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/280730

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 84a1676ed6566d548f2cce35ced9c0524f41c349
    Fixed -8d52fefbcf62df8edf53a32d43cab913915c0da1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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