CVE-2020-17507 — Out-of-bounds Read in QT

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read12 documents8 sources
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
2.6%
top 14.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
10
QTDebian Qtbase-opensource-srcDebian Linux+7 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 12
Latest updateMar 5

Description

An issue was discovered in Qt through 5.12.9, and 5.13.x through 5.15.x before 5.15.1. read_xbm_body in gui/image/qxbmhandler.cpp has a buffer over-read.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages8 packages

▶NVDqt/qt5.13.0 — 5.15.1+1
▶debiandebian/qtbase-opensource-src< qtbase-opensource-src 5.14.2+dfsg-6 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0, Fedora 31, 32

Patches

Patch: codereview.qt-project.org ↗Patch: codereview.qt-project.org ↗Patch: codereview.qt-project.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
qtbase-opensource-src vulnerabilities↗2026-03-05
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GHSA
GHSA-jq9v-w227-79gp: An issue was discovered in Qt through 5↗2022-05-24
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OSV
qtbase-opensource-src vulnerabilities↗2021-09-16
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OSV
CVE-2020-17507: An issue was discovered in Qt through 5↗2020-08-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Qt vulnerabilities↗2026-03-05
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Ubuntu
Qt vulnerabilities↗2021-09-16
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Red Hat
qt: buffer over-read in read_xbm_body in gui/image/qxbmhandler.cpp↗2020-08-12
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Microsoft
An issue was discovered in Qt through 5.12.9 and 5.13.x through 5.15.x before 5.15.1. read_xbm_body in gui/image/qxbmhandler.cpp has a buffer over-read.↗2020-08-11
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Debian
CVE-2020-17507: qtbase-opensource-src - An issue was discovered in Qt through 5.12.9, and 5.13.x through 5.15.x before 5...↗2020
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-17507 qt: buffer over-read in read_xbm_body in gui/image/qxbmhandler.cpp↗2020-08-13
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-17507 qt: buffer over-read in read_xbm_body in gui/image/qxbmhandler.cpp [fedora-all]↗2020-08-13
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