CVE-2016-10040

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in QXmlSimpleReader in Qt 4.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a xml file with multiple nested open tags.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/24/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95113Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1409597Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/24/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95113Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1409597Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Mar 7, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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