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CVE-2022-25255

Published: 16 February 2022

In Qt 5.9.x through 5.15.x before 5.15.9 and 6.x before 6.2.4 on Linux and UNIX, QProcess could execute a binary from the current working directory when not found in the PATH.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
introduced by:
https://codereview.qt-project.org/gitweb?p=qt%2Fqtbase.git;a=commit;h=28666d167aa8e602c0bea25ebc4d51b55005db13
which seems to have been introduced in Qt 5.10, not 5.9 as the
CVE description suggests.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qt6-base
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
jammy Needs triage

mantic Needs triage

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
qtbase-opensource-src
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream
Released (5.15.2+dfsg-15)
xenial Not vulnerable

bionic Not vulnerable
(5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu2.6)
focal Needed

impish Ignored
(end of life)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(5.15.6+dfsg-1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(5.15.8+dfsg-2)
jammy Not vulnerable
(5.15.3+dfsg-2ubuntu0.2)
mantic Not vulnerable
(5.15.8+dfsg-2)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H