Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2015-9541 (CCN-175959)

Assigned:2015-07-15
Published:2015-07-15
Updated:2020-04-30
Summary:Qt through 5.14 allows an exponential XML entity expansion attack via a crafted SVG document that is mishandled in QXmlStreamReader, a related issue to CVE-2003-1564.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.6 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
7.5 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
7.5 High (REDHAT CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.6 Medium (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
7.8 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-776
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2015-9541

Source: CCN
Type: QTBUG-47417
exponential entity expansion attack using svg

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-47417

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
qt-cve20159541-dos(175959)

Source: FEDORA
Type: Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2020-ca02c529f8

Source: FEDORA
Type: Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2020-3069e44be5

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2015-9541

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:qt:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 5.5.0 and < 5.12.8)

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:qt:qt:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20204690
    P
    		RHSA-2020:4690: qt5-qtbase and qt5-qtwebsockets security and bug fix update (Moderate)
    2020-11-04
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201595410000000
    V
    		CVE-2015-9541 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
    2020-01-24
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201595410000000
    V
    		CVE-2015-9541 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
    2020-01-24
    BACK
    qt qt *
    fedoraproject fedora 31
    fedoraproject fedora 32
    qt qt 5.5.0