CVE-2018-21035

Summary

CVECVE-2018-21035
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-28 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Qt through 5.14.1, the WebSocket implementation accepts up to 2GB for frames and 2GB for messages. Smaller limits cannot be configured. This makes it easier for attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-770

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qt Qt All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtwebsockets/+/284735 MISC codereview.qt-project.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
[QTBUG-70693] QWebsocket large frame/message issue, denial of service - Qt Bug Tracker MISC bugreports.qt.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900114 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for qt5-qtbase 5.12.5
  • 900287 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for qt5-qtbase 5.12.11
  • 901564 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for qt5-qtsvg (6833-1)
  • 903164 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for qt5-qtsvg (5929)
  • 905878 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for qt5-qtsvg (5929-1)
  • 906438 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for qt5-qtsvg (6833-2)
  • 940264 AlmaLinux Security Update for qt5-qtbase and qt5-qtwebsockets (ALSA-2020:4690)
  • 960823 Rocky Linux Security Update for qt5-qtbase and qt5-qtwebsockets (RLSA-2020:4690)
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