CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-78253

LowCVSS 2.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.25%

15th percentile - higher than 15% of all known CVEs

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can cause applications using Qt to crash, potentially leading to service unavailability and system disruption.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Qt to a patched version and validate XML documents before processing.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS