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CVE-2021-38593

high

Qt 5.x before 5.15.6 and 6.x through 6.1.2 has an out-of-bounds write in QOutlineMapper::convertPath (called from QRasterPaintEngine::fill and QPaintEngineEx::…

Vendor / product: Qt — qt

Qt 5.x before 5.15.6 and 6.x through 6.1.2 has an out-of-bounds write in QOutlineMapper::convertPath (called from QRasterPaintEngine::fill and QPaintEngineEx::stroke).

CVSS
7.5
7.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2021-08-12 02:15
Modified: 2026-11-02 19:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 07:33 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

qt / qt ≥5.0.0 <5.15.6, ≥6.0.0 ≤6.1.2
fedoraproject / fedora 35, 36

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_5.15_Release#Known_Issues
Vendor advisory: https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_5.15_Release#Known_Issues
Patch / mitigation: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=35566
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/qt/qtbase/commit/1ca02cf2879a5e1511a2f2109f0925cf4c892862
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/qt/qtbase/commit/202143ba41f6ac574f1858214ed8bf4a38b73ccd
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/qt/qtbase/commit/6b400e3147dcfd8cc3a393ace1bd118c93762e0c
Patch / mitigation: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=35566
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/qt/qtbase/commit/1ca02cf2879a5e1511a2f2109f0925cf4c892862
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/qt/qtbase/commit/202143ba41f6ac574f1858214ed8bf4a38b73ccd
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/qt/qtbase/commit/6b400e3147dcfd8cc3a393ace1bd118c93762e0c

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 07:33 UTC · record ↗

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