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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-43114

🗓️ 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux/Unix unpatched Qt CVE-2023-43114 may crash apps from corrupted fonts via QFontDatabase.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(250091);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/06/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-43114");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-43114");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - An issue was discovered in Qt before 5.15.16, 6.x before 6.2.10, and 6.3.x through 6.5.x before 6.5.3 on
    Windows. When using the GDI font engine, if a corrupted font is loaded via
    QFontDatabase::addApplicationFont{FromData], then it can cause the application to crash because of missing
    length checks. (CVE-2023-43114)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-43114");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-43114");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/09/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/08/15");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt4-x11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qt6-base");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qtbase-opensource-src");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qtbase-opensource-src-gles");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025-2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl", "set_linux_os_id.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched", "Host/OS/identifier");
  script_require_ports("Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-14.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-16.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-18.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-20.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-22.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-24.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-25.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-25.10", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-26.04");

  exit(0);
}

if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Ubuntu Linux-14.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libqt4-assistant"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-core"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-dbus"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-declarative"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-declarative-gestures"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-declarative-particles"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-declarative-shaders"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-designer"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-designer-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-dev"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-dev-bin"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-gui"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-help"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-network"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-opengl"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-opengl-dev"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-private-dev"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-qt3support"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-qt3support-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-script"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-script-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-scripttools"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql-mysql"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql-odbc"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql-psql"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql-sqlite"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql-tds"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-svg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-test"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-webkit"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-webkit-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-xml"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-xmlpatterns"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-xmlpatterns-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqtcore4"},
          {"reference": "libqtdbus4"},
          {"reference": "libqtgui4"},
          {"reference": "qdbus"},
          {"reference": "qt4-bin-dbg"},
          {"reference": "qt4-default"},
          {"reference": "qt4-demos"},
          {"reference": "qt4-demos-dbg"},
          {"reference": "qt4-designer"},
          {"reference": "qt4-dev-tools"},
          {"reference": "qt4-doc"},
          {"reference": "qt4-doc-html"},
          {"reference": "qt4-linguist-tools"},
          {"reference": "qt4-qmake"},
          {"reference": "qt4-qmlviewer"},
          {"reference": "qt4-qtconfig"},
          {"reference": "qtcore4-l10n"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libqt4-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-dbus"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-declarative"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-declarative-gestures"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-declarative-particles"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-declarative-shaders"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-designer"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-designer-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-dev"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-dev-bin"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-help"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-network"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-opengl"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-opengl-dev"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-qt3support"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-qt3support-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-script"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-script-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-scripttools"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql-mysql"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql-odbc"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql-psql"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql-sqlite"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-sql-tds"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-svg"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-test"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-xml"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-xmlpatterns"},
          {"reference": "libqt4-xmlpatterns-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libqt5concurrent5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5core5a"},
          {"reference": "libqt5dbus5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5gui5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5libqgtk2"},
          {"reference": "libqt5network5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5opengl5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5opengl5-dev"},
          {"reference": "libqt5printsupport5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5sql5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5sql5-mysql"},
          {"reference": "libqt5sql5-odbc"},
          {"reference": "libqt5sql5-psql"},
          {"reference": "libqt5sql5-sqlite"},
          {"reference": "libqt5sql5-tds"},
          {"reference": "libqt5test5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5widgets5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5xml5"},
          {"reference": "libqtcore4"},
          {"reference": "libqtdbus4"},
          {"reference": "libqtgui4"},
          {"reference": "qdbus"},
          {"reference": "qt4-bin-dbg"},
          {"reference": "qt4-default"},
          {"reference": "qt4-demos"},
          {"reference": "qt4-demos-dbg"},
          {"reference": "qt4-designer"},
          {"reference": "qt4-dev-tools"},
          {"reference": "qt4-doc"},
          {"reference": "qt4-doc-html"},
          {"reference": "qt4-linguist-tools"},
          {"reference": "qt4-qmake"},
          {"reference": "qt4-qmlviewer"},
          {"reference": "qt4-qtconfig"},
          {"reference": "qt5-default"},
          {"reference": "qt5-qmake"},
          {"reference": "qt5-qmake-arm-linux-gnueabihf"},
          {"reference": "qtbase-opensource-src-gles"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-dbg"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-dev"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-dev-tools"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-dev-tools-dbg"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-doc-html"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-examples"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-examples-dbg"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-private-dev"},
          {"reference": "qtcore4-l10n"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libqt5concurrent5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5core5a"},
          {"reference": "libqt5dbus5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5gui5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5network5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5opengl5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5opengl5-dev"},
          {"reference": "libqt5printsupport5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5sql5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5sql5-ibase"},
          {"reference": "libqt5sql5-mysql"},
          {"reference": "libqt5sql5-odbc"},
          {"reference": "libqt5sql5-psql"},
          {"reference": "libqt5sql5-sqlite"},
          {"reference": "libqt5sql5-tds"},
          {"reference": "libqt5test5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5widgets5"},
          {"reference": "libqt5xml5"},
          {"reference": "qt4-x11"},
          {"reference": "qt5-default"},
          {"reference": "qt5-gtk-platformtheme"},
          {"reference": "qt5-qmake"},
          {"reference": "qt5-qmake-bin"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-dev"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-dev-tools"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-doc"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-doc-html"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-examples"},
          {"reference": "qtbase5-private-dev"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "20.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "qtbase-opensource-src"},
          {"reference": "qtbase-opensource-src-gles"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-22.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "22.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "qt6-base"},
          {"reference": "qtbase-opensource-src"},
          {"reference": "qtbase-opensource-src-gles"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-24.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "24.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "qt6-base"},
          {"reference": "qtbase-opensource-src"},
          {"reference": "qtbase-opensource-src-gles"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-25.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "25.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "qt6-base"},
          {"reference": "qtbase-opensource-src"},
          {"reference": "qtbase-opensource-src-gles"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-25.10": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "25.10",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "qt6-base"},
          {"reference": "qtbase-opensource-src"},
          {"reference": "qtbase-opensource-src-gles"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-26.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "26.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "qt6-base"},
          {"reference": "qtbase-opensource-src"},
          {"reference": "qtbase-opensource-src-gles"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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