1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5241-1

USN-5241-1: QtSvg vulnerabilities

Publication date

19 January 2022

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in QtSvg.

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that QtSvg incorrectly handled certain malformed SVG
images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted image file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause QtSvg
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.

It was discovered that QtSvg incorrectly handled certain malformed SVG
images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted image file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause QtSvg
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic libqt5svg5 –  5.9.5-0ubuntu1.1

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