Vulnerability CVE-2013-4549
Published: 2013-12-23   Modified: 2013-12-24

Description:
QXmlSimpleReader in Qt before 5.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Digia -> QT 

 References:
https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change,71368
https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change,71010
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2057-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/56166
http://secunia.com/advisories/56008
http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2013-December/000036.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00106.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00104.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00085.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00047.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00044.html
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