Use After Free in Qt

CVE-2020-12267

setMarkdown in Qt before 5.14.2 has a use-after-free related to QTextMarkdownImporter::insertBlock.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.024 (83.4th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-12267: held from 0.023 to 0.024.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.024 · change: +0.001

Affected products

  • Qt — versions 5.14.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12267?
CVE-2020-12267 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qt, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-27.
How severe is CVE-2020-12267?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-12267 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.