Medium severity · published Mar 7, 2017
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
5.5
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
QX
Qxmlsimplereader · QT
4.8.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10040
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10040
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/24/2
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/4
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95113
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1409597