Vulnerability in Qt
CVE-2012-6093
The QSslSocket::sslErrors function in Qt before 4.6.5, 4.7.x before 4.7.6, 4.8.x before 4.8.5, when using certain versions of openSSL, uses an "incompatible structure layout" that can read memory from the wrong location, which causes Qt to report an incorrect error when certificate validation fails and might cause users to make unsafe security decisions to accept a certificate.
Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.018 (77.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Qt — versions 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 11.10, 12.04
- openSUSE — versions 11.4, 12.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00086.html (vendor-advisory)
- codereview.qt-project.org/
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1723-1 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00014.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/52217 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00089.html (vendor-advisory)
- qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/3b14dc93cf0ef06f1424d7d6319a1af4505faa53 (4.7)
- lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2013-January/000020.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/691e78e5061d4cbc0de212d23b06c5dffddf2098 (4.8)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-6093?
- CVE-2012-6093 is a vulnerability in Qt, classified under Cryptographic Issues. Published 2013-02-24.
- Is CVE-2012-6093 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.