# CVE-2023-45872: An issue was discovered in Qt before 6.2.11 and 6.3.x through 6.6.x before 6.6.1.

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-09 · Updated: 2024-11-12

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in Qt before 6.2.11 and 6.3.x through 6.6.x before 6.6.1. When a QML image refers to an image whose content is not known yet, there is an assumption that it is an SVG document, leading to a denial of service (application crash) if it is not actually an SVG document.

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## Related

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## References

- https://qt.io
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2246067

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