CVE-2020-24742 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01167.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Qt Subscribe	Qt Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-17453	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/280730
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24742
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24742

History

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-08-09T21:18:27.000Z

Updated: 2026-10-08T21:03:33.128Z

Reserved: 2020-08-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-24742

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:19:09.331Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-09T22:15:08.607

Modified: 2026-10-08T21:17:26.270

Link: CVE-2020-24742

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-24742 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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