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QT: BMP image handler crash

Published Mar 25, 2015

Description

The BMP decoder in QtGui in QT before 5.5 does not properly calculate the masks used to extract the color components, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero and crash) via a crafted BMP file.

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Red Hat statement

This issue affects the versions of Qt as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Mar 25, 2015
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Nov 18, 2014
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Low
Public date Feb 27, 2015