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CVE-2019-18281 (GCVE-0-2019-18281)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-10-23 14:03 – Updated: 2024-08-05 01:47
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Summary
An out-of-bounds memory access in the generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp in Qt qtbase 5.11.x and 5.12.x before 5.12.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service by crashing an application via a text file containing many directional characters.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
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