CVE-2023-45935 - OpenCVE

Qt 6 through 6.6 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the function QXcbConnection::initializeAllAtoms(). NOTE: this is disputed because it is not expected that an X application should continue to run when there is arbitrary anomalous behavior from the X server.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176815/qt-6.6-6.5-6.2-Null-Pointer.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/61
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-115599

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176815/qt-6.6-6.5-6.2-Null-Pointer.html

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-476
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-03-27T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:18:31.289Z

Reserved: 2023-10-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-45935

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:18:31.289Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-03-27T05:15:47.377

Modified: 2025-11-04T19:16:02.997

Link: CVE-2023-45935

Redhat

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