Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting qt5-qtwayland-examples package, versions <0:5.15.9-1.el9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.08% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY9-QT5QTWAYLANDEXAMPLES-17526282
  • published26 Jun 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 Rocky-Linux:9 qt5-qtwayland-examples to version 0:5.15.9-1.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2023:6369.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qt5-qtwayland-examples package and not the qt5-qtwayland-examples package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:9 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

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