CVE-2018-15518
Status: ModifiedHigh (8.8)—
QXmlStream in Qt 5.x before 5.11.3 has a double-free or corruption during parsing of a specially crafted illegal XML document.
CVSS
- Version: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Base score: 8.8
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.50%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 84
- Score date: 10/9/2026
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-415
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-12/msg00066.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00057.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00071.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00073.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00090.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2135
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3390
- https://blog.qt.io/blog/2018/12/04/qt-5-11-3-released-important-security-updates/
- https://blog.qt.io/blog/2018/12/04/qt-5-11-3-released-important-security-updates/
- https://blog.qt.io/blog/2018/12/04/qt-5-11-3-released-important-security-updates/
- https://blog.qt.io/blog/2018/12/04/qt-5-11-3-released-important-security-updates/
- https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/236691/
- https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/236691/
- https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/236691/
- https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/236691/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00004.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00014.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00023.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4003-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4374
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-12/msg00066.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00057.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00071.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00073.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00090.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2135
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3390
- https://blog.qt.io/blog/2018/12/04/qt-5-11-3-released-important-security-updates/
- https://blog.qt.io/blog/2018/12/04/qt-5-11-3-released-important-security-updates/
- https://blog.qt.io/blog/2018/12/04/qt-5-11-3-released-important-security-updates/
- https://blog.qt.io/blog/2018/12/04/qt-5-11-3-released-important-security-updates/
- https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/236691/
- https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/236691/
- https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/236691/
- https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/236691/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00004.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00014.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00023.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4003-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4374
Raw JSON (NVD)
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