CVE-2015-1859 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted ICO images in the Qt library.
- 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-2015-1859?
CVE-2015-1859 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 12 May 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
Multiple buffer overflows in plugins/imageformats/ico/qicohandler.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 crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ICO image.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1859?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Digia Qt, Fedoraproject Fedora, Qt Qt.
How do I fix CVE-2015-1859?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2015-1859 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1859 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1859, GHSA-wj8c-4f82-jfpp, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1859.