CVE-2015-0295 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 25 Mar 2015 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted BMP file due to a divide-by-zero error in the Qt GUI library's BMP decoder.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2015-0295?

CVE-2015-0295 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 25 Mar 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0295?

It affects 3 products.

Linux distribution packages (1)

libqt5-qtbase openSUSE:Tumbleweed All versions 5.7.0-2.2

Products include Digia Qt, Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0295?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2015-0295 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0295 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0295, GHSA-8p7m-hxqm-w38g, MGASA-2015-0105, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0295, openSUSE-SU-2024:10456-1.