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TI-2020-09800 Aliases CVE-2020-12267GHSA-96rj-cc48-wqpc

setMarkdown in Qt before 5.14.2 has a use-after-free related to QTextMarkdownImporter::insertBlock.

Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-416Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

setMarkdown in Qt before 5.14.2 has a use-after-free related to QTextMarkdownImporter::insertBlock.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02408 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:5.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.14.1Vulnerableqt
  • cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:5.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.14.1 Vulnerable ·qt

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-12267
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-96rj-cc48-wqpc

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2024-23902 QAbstractOAuth in Qt Network Authorization in Qt before 5.15.17, 6.x before 6.2.13, 6.3.x… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-21359 Heap-based buffer overflow in Qt CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-19524 Integer overflow in Qt CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-18997 In Qt before 5.15.15, 6.x before 6.2.9, and 6.3.x through 6.5.x before 6.5.2, there can… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-09305 Integer Overflow vulnerability in qsvghandler.cpp in Qt qtsvg versions 5.15.1, 6.0.0… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2023-28356 An issue was discovered in the HTTP2 implementation in Qt before 5.15.17, 6.x before… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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