A type confusion vulnerability in Qt SVG allows an attacker to cause an application crash via a crafted SVG image.



When processing SVG marker references, the renderer retrieves a node by its id attribute and casts it to QSvgMarker* without verifying the node type. A non-marker element (such as a <line> element) that references itself as a marker triggers an out-of-bounds heap read due to the object size difference between QSvgLine and QSvgMarker,
followed by an endless recursion that bypasses the marker recursion
guard through incorrect virtual dispatch. The result is an application
crash (denial of service).



This issue affects Qt SVG: 
from 6.7.0 before 6.8.8, from 6.9.0 before 6.11.1.

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Solution

Apply fix: https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtsvg/+/724887


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Wed, 06 May 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 06 May 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Description A type confusion vulnerability in Qt SVG allows an attacker to cause an application crash via a crafted SVG image. When processing SVG marker references, the renderer retrieves a node by its id attribute and casts it to QSvgMarker* without verifying the node type. A non-marker element (such as a <line> element) that references itself as a marker triggers an out-of-bounds heap read due to the object size difference between QSvgLine and QSvgMarker, followed by an endless recursion that bypasses the marker recursion guard through incorrect virtual dispatch. The result is an application crash (denial of service). This issue affects Qt SVG:  from 6.7.0 before 6.8.8, from 6.9.0 before 6.11.1.
Title Type confusion and heap-buffer-overflow in Qt SVG marker handling causing application crash
Weaknesses CWE-122
CWE-843
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: TQtC

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-06T13:11:44.674Z

Reserved: 2026-04-13T12:16:27.416Z

Link: CVE-2026-6210

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-06T13:11:37.140Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-06T12:16:49.957

Modified: 2026-05-06T12:16:49.957

Link: CVE-2026-6210

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