CVE-2018-21035

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5

Description

In Qt through 5.14.1, the WebSocket implementation accepts up to 2GB for frames and 2GB for messages. Smaller limits cannot be configured. This makes it easier for attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-21035

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-02-28T21:15:12

Last Modified Date
2020-08-24T17:37:01

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-770	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/770.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt::::::::	1	OR		5.14.1

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.5

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-70693	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtwebsockets/+/284735	Patch Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21035
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-21035

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:30:59				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 11:55:51	2020-02-28T21:15Z	2020-02-28T21:15:12	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 11:55:51		2020-08-24T17:37:01	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 11:55:51		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated