CVE-2016-10040 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Qt	Qxmlsimplereader

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:qt:qxmlsimplereader:4.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/745
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/24/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95113
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1409597
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10040
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10040

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-07T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:07:31.975Z

Reserved: 2016-12-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-10040

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-07T15:59:00.237

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-10040

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-12-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-10040 - Bugzilla

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