CVE-2015-0295

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.64% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory qt-project.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73029 vdb entry
http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2015-February/000059.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151034.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151352.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00068.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151138.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150800.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2626-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150940.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151121.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-0295?
CVE-2015-0295 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-0295?
To fix CVE-2015-0295, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-0295 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-0295 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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