CVE-2016-10040

qt: stack overflow in QXmlSimpleReader

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.7

CVSS 3.0

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Published · December 24, 2016

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

A stack overflow flaw was found in the way Qt parsed XML input with several nested opening tags. An application using Qt's QXmlSimpleReader to parse specially crafted XML input could crash.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-776 · Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')