Use-after-free in Qt - CVE-2024-30161

 

Use-after-free in Qt - CVE-2024-30161

Published: August 28, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU96587
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-2024-30161
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 when accessing the QNetworkReply header data. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-30161

Install updates from vendor's website.

Sources