CVE-2026-9499 (GCVE-0-2026-9499)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-21 13:25 – Updated: 2026-07-21 13:25
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Out-of-bounds read in QTextCodec::codecForName() in Qt
Summary
An out-of-bounds read (buffer over-read) vulnerability exists in QTextCodec::codecForName() in Qt. When the function is called with a QByteArray that is not NUL-terminated (for example, one created with QByteArray::fromRawData()), the codec-name matching routine reads past the end of the supplied buffer. In most cases this results in an incorrect text codec being selected; in the worst case, if the over-read reaches unmapped memory, the process crashes (denial of service). The over-read is bounded by the length of the longest codec-name candidate, and the out-of-bounds bytes are only compared internally against Qt's fixed list of codec names, so no data is disclosed to an attacker. Applications that do not pass non-NUL-terminated QByteArrays to QTextCodec::codecForName() are not exposed. The affected code resides in the Qt5Compat module from Qt 6.0.0 onward, and in Qt Core (qtbase) in Qt 4.x and Qt 5.x.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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