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High ALSA-2026:65816 1 CVE

Important: qt6-qt5compat security update

Published Sep 9, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

Qt6 - Qt 5 Compatibility Libraries.

Security Fix(es):

* qt: Qt: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds read in text codec handling (CVE-2026-9499)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 10 qt6-qt5compat 6.10.1-1.el10_2.1
AlmaLinux · 10 qt6-qt5compat-devel 6.10.1-1.el10_2.1
AlmaLinux · 10 qt6-qt5compat-examples 6.10.1-1.el10_2.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 6.3

    Out-of-bounds read in QTextCodec::codecForName() in Qt

    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 rout…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9499
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2503641
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-65816.html