CVE-2016-10040

MEDIUM

Qt 4.8.5 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0062
EPSS Percentile 69.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-119
Status published

Affected Products (2)

qt/qxmlsimplereader
n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Mar 07, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026