Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting qt package, versions [5.6.0,5.12.7)[5.13.0,5.14)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-QT-2368810
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 Aug 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Aug 2021

CVE-2020-24742  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade qt to version 5.12.7, 5.14 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. An issue has been fixed in Qt versions 5.14.0 where QPluginLoader attempts to load plugins relative to the working directory, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted files.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1