An issue was discovered in Qt before 5.15.16, 6.x before 6.2.10, and 6.3.x through 6.5.x…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Qt before 5.15.16, 6.x before 6.2.10, and 6.3.x through 6.5.x before 6.5.3 on Windows. When using the GDI font engine, if a corrupted font is loaded via QFontDatabase::addApplicationFont{FromData], then it can cause the application to crash because of missing length checks.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
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 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-43114
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qqpv-296g-7w66
References
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- 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
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Sources
- CVE-2023-43114 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-43114 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qqpv-296g-7w66 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-43114 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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