CVE-2023-38197

An issue was discovered in Qt before 5.15.15, 6.x before 6.2.10, and 6.3.x through 6.5.x before 6.5.3. There are infinite loops in recursive entity expansion.

Published: 2023-07-13 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-38197 is rated Low Risk (35.5/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-38197

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-09 0.05% 0.05% +0.00%
2 2026-04-19 0.05% 0.05% -0.01%
3 2025-11-29 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (24 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-38197

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-38197

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-38197

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-38197 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 3 source packages (qt6-base, qtbase-opensource-src, qtbase-opensource-src-gles), 14 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 11, open 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-38197
gentoo normal CVE-2023-38197: 1 GLSA(s) (202501-08), 2 atom(s) (dev-qt/qtbase, dev-qt/qtcore); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2023-38197
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38197
suse medium CVE-2023-38197 severity moderate: SUSE including 1041 source package names (adwaita-qt5-1.4.2-1.el9, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 2010 product×package rows across 76 product lines (Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-BYOS, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-On-Demand, … (76 product lines)): Fixed 1779, Known Affected 231. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38197/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-38197 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (qt6-base, qtbase-opensource-src), 26 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 13, not-affected 7, needs-triage 4, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38197

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-38197

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qt qt < 5.15.15 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt >= 6.0.0, < 6.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt >= 6.3.0, < 6.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-38197

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