CVE-2016-10040

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2016-12-24
CWE:
CWE-776
Bugzilla:
1409597: CVE-2016-10040 qt: stack overflow in QXmlSimpleReader
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.

Find out more about CVE-2016-10040 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

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 v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.7
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qt Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qt5-qtbase Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qt3 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qt3 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qt Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 qt4 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 qt Will not fix

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