CVE-2015-1860

medium
Published 2015-05-12 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1860

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/108248/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2015-April/000067.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155927.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
fedora fedora20affected
fedora fedora21affected
fedora fedora22affected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.3.2+dfsg-5
debian debianbullseyefixed5.3.2+dfsg-5
debian debianforkyfixed5.3.2+dfsg-5
debian debiansidfixed5.3.2+dfsg-5
debian debiantrixiefixed5.3.2+dfsg-5

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
digiaqt{"endIncluding":"4.8.6"}
qtqt5.0.0
qtqt5.0.1
qtqt5.0.2
qtqt5.1.0
qtqt5.2.0
qtqt5.2.1
qtqt5.3.0
qtqt5.4.1

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.