CVE-2020-24742

Publication date 9 August 2021

Last updated 25 August 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

An issue has been fixed in Qt versions 5.14.0 where QPluginLoader attempts to load plugins relative to the working directory, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted files.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qtbase-opensource-src 22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
qtbase-opensource-src-gles 22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes


mdeslaur

This was fixed in USN-4275-1 as CVE-2020-0569, but that CVE now has an unrelated description. In any case, this issue is fixed.

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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