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CVE-2018-19871 (GCVE-0-2018-19871)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-12-26 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 11:44
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Summary
An issue was discovered in Qt before 5.11.3. There is QTgaFile Uncontrolled Resource Consumption.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2018-12-04 00:00
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