What is CVE-2016-10040?

CVE-2016-10040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qt Qxmlsimplereader, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-10040?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Qt Qxmlsimplereader

CVE-2016-10040

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.019 (77.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Qt Qxmlsimplereader — versions 4.8.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10040?: CVE-2016-10040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qt Qxmlsimplereader, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-10040?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.