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CVE-2022-25634

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-25634 describes a path traversal vulnerability in Qt versions through 5.15.8 and 6.x through 6.2.3, allowing the loading of system library files from an unintended working directory. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact without requiring user interaction. While the vulnerability is significant, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or notable community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.15.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.0.0, <= 6.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0196 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18773-16820Fixed in: 5.12.11-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16857-16823Fixed in: 5.12.11-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 qt5-qtsvg 5.12.11-3 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 5.12.11-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 qt5-qtsvg 5.12.11-3 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.12.11-3

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2022-Mar/CVE-2022-25634Important

Qt through 5.15.8 and 6.x through 6.2.3 can load system library files from an unintended working directory.

Mar 8, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-25634Low

qt: allows loading of system library files from an unintended working directory.

Mar 2, 2022

References

codereview.qt-project.org / c/qt/qtbase/+/396440
PatchVendor Advisory
codereview.qt-project.org / c/qt/qtbase/+/396689
PatchVendor Advisory
codereview.qt-project.org / c/qt/tqtc-qtbase/+/396690
Broken Link
download.qt.io / official_releases/qt/5.15/CVE-2022-25643-5.15.diff
PatchVendor Advisory
download.qt.io / official_releases/qt/6.2/CVE-2022-25643-6.2.diff
PatchVendor Advisory