Double Free Affecting qt-doc package, versions <1:4.8.5-15.amzn2.0.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.18% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-QTDOC-1681276
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed26 Dec 2018

Introduced: 26 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-15518  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 qt-doc to version 1:4.8.5-15.amzn2.0.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1458.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qt-doc package and not the qt-doc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

QXmlStream in Qt 5.x before 5.11.3 has a double-free or corruption during parsing of a specially crafted illegal XML document.