SB2025072817 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for qt5-qtbase
Published: July 28, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025072817
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Reachable assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-5455)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion within the qDecodeDataUrl() function in QtCore. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted data, such as URL with a "charset" parameter but without a value, and crash the application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.