CVE-2012-6093
Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—
The QSslSocket::sslErrors function in Qt before 4.6.5, 4.7.x before 4.7.6, 4.8.x before 4.8.5, when using certain versions of openSSL, uses an "incompatible structure layout" that can read memory from the wrong location, which causes Qt to report an incorrect error when certificate validation fails and might cause users to make unsafe security decisions to accept a certificate.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Base score: 4.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.78%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 78
- Score date: 10/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (3)
CWEs
- CWE-310
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=697582
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00086.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00089.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00014.html
- http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2013-January/000020.html
- http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/3b14dc93cf0ef06f1424d7d6319a1af4505faa53%20%284.7%29
- http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/691e78e5061d4cbc0de212d23b06c5dffddf2098%20%284.8%29
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52217
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/04/6
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1723-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891955
- https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change%2C42461
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=697582
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00086.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00089.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00014.html
- http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2013-January/000020.html
- http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/3b14dc93cf0ef06f1424d7d6319a1af4505faa53%20%284.7%29
- http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/691e78e5061d4cbc0de212d23b06c5dffddf2098%20%284.8%29
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52217
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/04/6
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1723-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891955
- https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change%2C42461
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