CVE-2013-4549

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4549
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-12-23 22:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionQXmlSimpleReader in Qt before 5.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS: 0.052170000 probability, percentile 0.899730000 (date 2026-04-30)

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Digia Qt All All All All
Application Qt Qt 5.0.0 All All All
Application Qt Qt 5.0.1 All All All
Application Qt Qt 5.0.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2014:0125-1: moderate: update for libqt4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 codereview.qt-project.org
USN-2057-1: Qt vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Security Advisory SA56166 - Ubuntu update for qt4-x11 and qtbase-opensource-src - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Qt 4.8.6 Released | Qt Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.qt.digia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: qt-4.8.6-2.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Security Advisory SA56008 - Qt QXmlSimpleReader XML Entity Expansion Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2014:0173-1: moderate: update for libqt5-qtbase af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
openSUSE-SU-2014:0176-1: moderate: update for libqt5-qtbase af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 codereview.qt-project.org
openSUSE-SU-2014:0067-1: moderate: update for libqt4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[Announce] Qt Project Security Advisory: XML Entity Expansion Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.qt-project.org
openSUSE-SU-2014:0070-1: moderate: update for libqt4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Gerrit Code Review MITRE codereview.qt-project.org
Gerrit Code Review MITRE codereview.qt-project.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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