CVE-2013-4549
QXmlSimpleReader in Qt before 5.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
02 Description
QXmlSimpleReader in Qt before 5.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-12-23 22:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 16:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-06-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 998b5b8ccb7d16b70ab8702f85f656733a9d9a7498a7593f285622c81d4bf775
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.qt-project.org[qt-announce] 20131205 [Announce] Qt Project Security Advisory: XML Entity Expansion Denial of Servicehttp://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2013-December/000036.html
- secunia.com56166http://secunia.com/advisories/56166
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0173http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00104.html
- secunia.com56008http://secunia.com/advisories/56008
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0125http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00085.html
- codereview.qt-project.orghttps://codereview.qt-project.org/#change%2C71010
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0176http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00106.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0067http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00044.html
- blog.qt.digia.comhttp://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2014/04/24/qt-4-8-6-released/
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2057-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2057-1
- codereview.qt-project.orghttps://codereview.qt-project.org/#change%2C71368
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0070http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00047.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-5695http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132395.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- qtbase-opensource-src Fixed in 5.1.1+dfsg-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- qtbase-opensource-src Fixed in 5.1.1+dfsg-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- qtbase-opensource-src Fixed in 5.1.1+dfsg-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- qt4-x11 Fixed in 4:4.8.4+dfsg-0ubuntu20
- qtbase-opensource-src Fixed in 5.0.2+dfsg1-7ubuntu13
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- phantomjs Fixed in 1.9.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.