ubuntu-cve-2023-38197
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-07-13 02:15
Modified
2026-05-20 15:02
Summary
Details
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
7.5 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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"details": "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.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38197",
"modified": "2026-05-20T15:02:46Z",
"published": "2023-07-13T02:15:00Z",
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"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38197"
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"url": "https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/488960"
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"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
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