Use-after-free in Qt - CVE-2025-5991

 

Use-after-free in Qt - CVE-2025-5991

Published: June 30, 2025 / Updated: July 1, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU112058
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-5991
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Trolltech
Affected software:
Qt

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the QHttp2ProtocolHandler in the QtNetwork module. A remote attacker can trigger a race condition between QHttp2Stream HTTP POST uploads and simultaneous handling of HTTP error responses and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-5991

Install updates from vendor's website.

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