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CVE-2020-24742

HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8
7.8CVSS HIGH

Summary

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.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products we track (1)

Qt

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/280730 ↗