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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2025-5683 json

When loading a specifically crafted ICNS format image file in QImage then it will trigger a crash.

published 2025-06-05 17 mo ago modified 2026-07-29 3 mo ago also EUVD-2025-16968

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 15%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

When loading a specifically crafted ICNS format image file in QImage then it will trigger a crash.

This issue affects Qt from versions 6.3.0 through 6.5.9, from 6.6.0 through 6.8.4, 6.9.0. This is fixed in 6.5.10, 6.8.5 and 6.9.1.

Patch / fix

  • Qt Qt 6.5.10, 6.8.5, 6.9.1
  • qt6-imageformats Debian 14, Debian 13 6.8.2-4
  • qtimageformats-opensource-src Debian 14, Debian 13 5.15.15-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-5683

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-5683 updated cvss 4.3

qt: Qt ICNS Image Crash Vulnerability

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qt, qt3, qt-x11, qt-odbc, qt-demos, qt-mysql, +10 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qt, qt3, qt-x11, qt-odbc, qt-qvfb, qt-demos, +12 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 qt5, qt5-rpm-macros, qt5-srpm-macros Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 qt5, qt5-rpm-macros, qt5-srpm-macros Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 qt6
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
17 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 5.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
CNA 4.0 5.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Qt Qt

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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