CVE-2015-9541

qt: XML entity expansion vulnerability

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · July 24, 2015

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

An XML Entity Expansion flaw was found in the QT library. Applications that use QT to load untrusted images, for example, SVG images, or untrusted XML documents, may be vulnerable to this flaw. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-776 · Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')