Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting qt/qtbase package, versions [6.8.0, 6.10.0-beta1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-QTQTBASE-10639653
  • published6 Jul 2025
  • disclosed11 Apr 2025
  • creditOSS-Fuzz

Introduced: 11 Apr 2025

CVE-2025-3512  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade qt/qtbase to version 6.10.0-beta1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow via the QTextMarkdownImporter function. An attacker can cause a denial of service by supplying a specially crafted Markdown file that ends with the ---- delimiter and lacks a trailing newline.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1