Vulnerability identifier: #VU66866
Vulnerability 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:
CWE-ID:
CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Qt
Universal components / Libraries /
Scripting languages
Vendor: Trolltech
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
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
Qt: 6.0.0 - 6.0.2, 5.15.0 - 5.15.3, 5.12 - 5.12.10
External links
http://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtsvg/+/337646
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1931444
http://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-91507
http://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3481
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.