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When the function is called with a QByteArray that is not NUL-terminated (for example, one created with QByteArray::fromRawData()), the codec-name matching routine reads past the end of the supplied buffer. In most cases this results in an incorrect text codec being selected; in the worst case, if the over-read reaches unmapped memory, the process crashes (denial of service). The over-read is bounded by the length of the longest codec-name candidate, and the out-of-bounds bytes are only compared internally against Qt's fixed list of codec names, so no data is disclosed to an attacker. Applications that do not pass non-NUL-terminated QByteArrays to QTextCodec::codecForName() are not exposed. The affected code resides in the Qt5Compat module from Qt 6.0.0 onward, and in Qt Core (qtbase) in Qt 4.x and Qt 5.x.", "supportingMedia": [ { "type": "text/html", "base64": false, "value": "An out-of-bounds read (buffer over-read) vulnerability exists in QTextCodec::codecForName() in Qt. When the function is called with a QByteArray that is not NUL-terminated (for example, one created with QByteArray::fromRawData()), the codec-name matching routine reads past the end of the supplied buffer. In most cases this results in an incorrect text codec being selected; in the worst case, if the over-read reaches unmapped memory, the process crashes (denial of service). The over-read is bounded by the length of the longest codec-name candidate, and the out-of-bounds bytes are only compared internally against Qt's fixed list of codec names, so no data is disclosed to an attacker. Applications that do not pass non-NUL-terminated QByteArrays to QTextCodec::codecForName() are not exposed. The affected code resides in the Qt5Compat module from Qt 6.0.0 onward, and in Qt Core (qtbase) in Qt 4.x and Qt 5.x." } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qt5compat/+/723911", "name": "Fix (dev, released in Qt 6.12.0)", "tags": [ "patch" ] }, { "url": "https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qt5compat/+/724348", "name": "Fix (6.11 branch, released in Qt 6.11.1)", "tags": [ "patch" ] }, { "url": "https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qt5compat/+/724995", "name": "Fix (6.10 branch)", "tags": [ "patch" ] }, { "url": "https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/tqtc-qt5compat/+/725112", "name": "Fix (6.8 LTS branch, released in Qt 6.8.8)", "tags": [ "patch" ] } ], "metrics": [ { "format": "CVSS", "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "GENERAL" } ], "cvssV4_0": { "attackVector": "NETWORK", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackRequirements": "PRESENT", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "NONE", "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE", "vulnIntegrityImpact": "LOW", "subIntegrityImpact": "NONE", "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "LOW", "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE", "exploitMaturity": "NOT_DEFINED", "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED", "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED", "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED", "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED", "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED", "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED", "version": "4.0", "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "baseScore": 6.3, "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N" } } ], "solutions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "Update to Qt 6.8.8, Qt 6.11.1, Qt 6.12.0, or later, or apply the referenced patch.", "supportingMedia": [ { "type": "text/html", "base64": false, "value": "

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