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CVE-2015-1860 json

Multiple buffer overflows in gui/image/qgifhandler.cpp in the QtBase module in Qt before 4.8.7 and 5.x before 5.4.2 allow remote attackers…

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-1968

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.6%
EPSS 8.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in gui/image/qgifhandler.cpp in the QtBase module in Qt before 4.8.7 and 5.x before 5.4.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image.

Patch / fix

  • qtbase-opensource-src Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.3.2+dfsg-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1860

  • qt4-x11 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4:4.8.5+git192-g085f851+dfsg-2ubuntu4.1
  • qtbase-opensource-src Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 5.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu14.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1860

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libqt5-qtbase SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 5.3.1-4.4.2
  • libqt4 SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +2 more 4.8.6-4.2
  • libqt4-sql-plugins SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +2 more 4.8.6-4.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:1383-1SUSE-SU-2015:1359-1

  • qt3 openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.3.8c-140.6

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10287-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2015-1860 updated cvss 5.1

qt: segmentation fault in qgifhandler.cpp

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 qt, qt4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qt, qt3, qt-x11, qt-odbc, qt-demos, qt-mysql, +10 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qt, qt3, qt-x11, qt-odbc, qt-qvfb, qt-demos, +12 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

8.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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