CVE-2023-38197

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    CVE-2023-38197

    Published: 13 Jul 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/488960, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38197.json, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F5C3NYVJ73ITE6HUOVVHBUAGORVEJRHO/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XEGQ6DFTL2BEJMHCD5FJGI6XLWQI7UEA/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XFZORZYCMUZZFIOEZICJ7VH2BZIGY3HV/, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38197, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00028.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00027.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -e4ca9dfa716e7590d1a3014c65b05ac00781f980

    Affected versions

    v6.2.9-lts-lgpl
    v6.2.8-lts-lgpl
    v6.2.7-lts-lgpl
    v6.2.6-lts-lgpl
    v6.2.5-lts-lgpl
    v6.2.0-beta4
    v6.2.0-beta3
    v6.2.0-beta2
    v6.2.0-beta1
    v6.2.0-alpha1

    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
    CVE-2023-38197 | CVE-DB