CVE-2013-4549

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.

How to fix CVE-2013-4549

To remediate CVE-2013-4549, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/qtbase-opensource-src—upgrade to 5.1.1+dfsg-6 or later

Is CVE-2013-4549 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 3.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 5.1.1+dfsg-6

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4549