CVE-2012-6093 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-6093

The QSslSocket::sslErrors function in Qt before 4.6.5, 4.7.x before 4.7.6,...

Vulnerability Description

The QSslSocket::sslErrors function in Qt before 4.6.5, 4.7.x before 4.7.6, 4.8.x before 4.8.5, when using certain versions of openSSL, uses an "incompatible structure layout" that can read memory from the wrong location, which causes Qt to report an incorrect error when certificate validation fails and might cause users to make unsafe security decisions to accept a certificate.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

qt, ubuntu linux, opensuse
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.6.3, 4.6.4, 4.7.0, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.7.3, 4.7.4, 4.7.5, 4.7.6, 4.8.0, 4.8.1, 4.8.2, 4.8.3, 4.8.4, 10.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10, 11.4, 12.2

Timeline

Official Publish: February 24th, 2013
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.