CVE-2023-38197

Published: Jul 13, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (3)

Products: Qt: Qt

1 product

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Qt Qt	Before 5.15.15
Qt Qt	From 6.0.0 to 6.2.10
Qt Qt	From 6.3.0 to 6.5.3

Related CWEs

CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

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

References (12)

https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/488960

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00028.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00027.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F5C3NYVJ73ITE6HUOVVHBUAGORVEJRHO/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XEGQ6DFTL2BEJMHCD5FJGI6XLWQI7UEA/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XFZORZYCMUZZFIOEZICJ7VH2BZIGY3HV/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/488960