Vulnerability CVE-2016-10040
Published: 2017-03-07

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
QT -> Qxmlsimplereader 

 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
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