Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting qt6-base package, versions <6.6.2+dfsg-8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.28% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-QT6BASE-18307108
  • published25 Jul 2026
  • disclosed13 Jul 2023

Introduced: 13 Jul 2023

CVE-2023-38197  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest qt6-base to version 6.6.2+dfsg-8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qt6-base package and not the qt6-base package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Qt before 5.15.15, 6.x before 6.2.10, and 6.3.x through 6.5.x before 6.5.3. There are infinite loops in recursive entity expansion.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1