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CVE-2016-10040

Published: 7 March 2017

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.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qt4-x11
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Not vulnerable
(4:4.8.7+dfsg-7ubuntu1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(4:4.8.7+dfsg-7ubuntu1)
disco Not vulnerable
(4:4.8.7+dfsg-7ubuntu1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(4:4.8.7+dfsg-7ubuntu1)
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Needed

upstream
Released (4.8.7)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4:4.8.7+dfsg-5ubuntu2)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
mantic Does not exist

Patches:
upstream: https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/71010/
qtbase-opensource-src
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Not vulnerable
(5.11.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.11.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(5.11.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1)
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(5.11.1+dfsg-7ubuntu1)
disco Not vulnerable
(5.11.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(5.11.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.11.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(5.11.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(5.11.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(5.11.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1)
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [5.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu14.3])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(5.5.1+dfsg-16ubuntu7.5)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
mantic Not vulnerable
(5.11.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H