CVE-2018-19871

qt5-qtimageformats: QTgaFile CPU exhaustion

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An issue was discovered in Qt before 5.11.3. There is QTgaFile Uncontrolled Resource Consumption.

Se ha descubierto un problema en versiones anteriores a la 5.11.3 de Qt. Hay un consumo de recursos no controlado en QTgaFile.

The qt packages contain a software toolkit that simplifies the task of writing and maintaining Graphical User Interface applications for the X Window System. Issues addressed include a denial of service vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-12-05 CVE Reserved
2018-12-26 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00014.html	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00023.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/237761	2020-09-28

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00002.html	2020-09-28
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2135	2020-09-28
https://blog.qt.io/blog/2018/12/04/qt-5-11-3-released-important-security-updates	2020-09-28
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19871	2020-04-29
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1661465	2020-04-29

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Qt Search vendor "Qt"		Qt Search vendor "Qt" for product "Qt"				< 5.11.3 Search vendor "Qt" for product "Qt" and version " < 5.11.3"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.0 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.0"		-		Affected