| Name | CVE-2020-24742 |
| Description | An issue has been fixed in Qt versions 5.14.0 where QPluginLoader attempts to load plugins relative to the working directory, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted files. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4617-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| qt4-x11 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u5 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4:4.8.7+dfsg-11+deb9u3 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4:4.8.7+dfsg-11+deb9u4 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4:4.8.7+dfsg-18+deb10u2 | fixed |
| qtbase-opensource-src (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 5.3.2+dfsg-4+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 5.7.1+dfsg-3+deb9u3 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 5.7.1+dfsg-3+deb9u5 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 5.11.3+dfsg1-1+deb10u7 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 5.11.3+dfsg1-1+deb10u6 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.15.2+dfsg-9+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 5.15.8+dfsg-11+deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 5.15.15+dfsg-2 | fixed |
| qtbase-opensource-src-gles (PTS) | bullseye | 5.15.2+dfsg-4 | fixed |
| bookworm | 5.15.8+dfsg-3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 5.15.15+dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
- qt4-x11 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/280730
Introduced in https://codereview.qt-project.org/gitweb?p=qt/qtbase.git;a=commitdiff;h=3146dadb42cb36aff83a62e831b8b4f4dc1562a7 (v5.6.0-alpha1)
Fixed by: https://codereview.qt-project.org/gitweb?p=qt/qtbase.git;a=commitdiff;h=bf131e8d2181b3404f5293546ed390999f760404 (v5.14.0-rc1)
Same fix as CVE-2020-0569