CVE-2026-78253
Denial-of-service (stack-exhaustion) vulnerability in QXmlStreamReader::readElementText() impacts Qt
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 2.3 Low
- Published
- Sep 23, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 23, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 24, 2026
Description
Uncontrolled recursion in QXmlStreamReader::readElementText() in Qt Group Qt allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash via stack exhaustion) via a crafted XML document.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 2.3 Low | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/S:N/AU:N/R:U/RE:L/U:Green | Qt |
Weaknesses
- CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
qtqt |
|
References
- dev patchpatch
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