SUSE update for libqt5-qtsvg

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU66866

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3481

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information or crash the application.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the QRadialFetchSimd in qt/qtbase/src/gui/painting/qdrawhelper_p.h in Qt/Qtbase when rendering and displaying a crafted Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted SVG file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or crash the application.

Mitigation

Update the affected package libqt5-qtsvg to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications: 15-SP2 - 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem: 15-SP2 - 15-SP3

libqt5-qtsvg-devel: before 5.12.7-3.3.1

libqt5-qtsvg-debugsource: before 5.12.7-3.3.1

libQt5Svg5-debuginfo: before 5.12.7-3.3.1

libQt5Svg5: before 5.12.7-3.3.1

libqt5-qtsvg-private-headers-devel: before 5.12.7-3.3.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20213354-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.