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CVE-2016-10040

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-03-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

• Qt Qxmlsimplereader: 4.8.5

References

• 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
• 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

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