CVE-2012-6093 json
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…
published 2013-02-24 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-5963
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.8%
- EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt@3b14dc9 commit
- qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt@691e78e commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2012-6093 updated cvss 4.3
qt: QSslSocket might report inappropriate errors when certificate verification fails
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 qt, qt4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qt, qt3, qt-x11, qt-odbc, qt-demos, qt-mysql, +10 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
1.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues
References
- qt.gitorious.org /qt/qt/commit/3b14dc93cf0ef06f1424d7d6319a1af4505faa53%20%284.7%29
- qt.gitorious.org /qt/qt/commit/691e78e5061d4cbc0de212d23b06c5dffddf2098%20%284.8%29
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00086.html
vendor-advisory
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ubuntu.com
/usn/USN-1723-1
vendor-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00014.html
vendor-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00089.html
vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/52217
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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lists.qt-project.org
/pipermail/announce/2013-January/000020.html
mailing-list, vendor-advisory
- codereview.qt-project.org /#change%2C42461
- bugs.debian.org /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=697582
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2013/01/04/6
mailing-list
- bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=891955
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2012-6093
- NVD CVE-2012-6093
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