CVE-2021-38593
Published: 12 August 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-38593 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Qt Qt. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 24.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-25035
Vulnerability details
Qt 5.x before 5.15.6 and 6.x through 6.1.2 has an out-of-bounds write in QOutlineMapper::convertPath (called from QRasterPaintEngine::fill and QPaintEngineEx::stroke).
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.