CVE-2016-10040
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.62%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-10040
To remediate CVE-2016-10040, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/qtbase-opensource-src—upgrade to 5.2.0+dfsg-7 or later
Is CVE-2016-10040 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 5.2.0+dfsg-7
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |