CVE-2016-10040: qt qxmlsimplereader

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-10040 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in qt qxmlsimplereader. EPSS estimates a 1.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 07-03-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.