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MEDIUM CVSS 2.0
CVE-2015-1858
Qt Buffer Overflows Vulnerability
Description

Multiple buffer overflows in gui/image/qbmphandler.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 BMP image.

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Published Date :

May 12, 2015, 7:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-1858 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Qt qt
1 Digia qt
: Total Affected Vendor : 3 | Products : 3
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
This vulnerability can be resolved by updating the Qt libraries to the latest versions.
  • Update the affected Qt packages to resolve the vulnerability.
  • Use your system's package manager to apply the updates.
  • If prompted, restart the system after applying updates.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2015-1858 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-1858.

URL Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155424.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155927.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155962.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155976.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156727.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2015-April/000067.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74309 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2626-1
https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/108312/ Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-10
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155424.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155927.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155962.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155976.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156727.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2015-April/000067.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74309 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2626-1
https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/108312/ Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-10
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-1858 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-1858 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-1858 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-1858 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155424.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155927.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155962.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155976.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156727.html
    Added Reference http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2015-April/000067.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74309
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2626-1
    Added Reference https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/108312/
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-10
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jun. 16, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jun. 16, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jun. 16, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jun. 16, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jun. 16, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jun. 16, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jun. 16, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jun. 16, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 31, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2626-1 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 03, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-10 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:4.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:4.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156727.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156727.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155927.html Patch http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155927.html Third Party Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74309 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74309 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155424.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155424.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/108312/ No Types Assigned https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/108312/ Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155962.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155962.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155976.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155976.html Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Translated by [email protected]

    Jul. 31, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Translation Múltiples desbordamientos de buffer en el módulo QtBase en Qt anterior a 4.8.7 y 5.x anterior a 5.4.2 permiten a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio y posiblemente ejecutar código arbitrario a través de una imagen BMP manipulada.
    Added Translation Múltiples desbordamientos del buffer en gui/image/qbmphandler.cpp en el módulo QtBase en Qt en versiones anteriores a 4.8.7 y 5.x en versiones anteriores a 5.4.2 permiten a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (fallo de segmentación y caída) y posiblemente ejecutar código arbitrario a través de una imagen BMP manipulada.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 26, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Multiple buffer overflows 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 and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP image. Multiple buffer overflows in gui/image/qbmphandler.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 BMP image.
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74309
    Added Reference https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/108312/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 13, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:4.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2015-April/000067.html No Types Assigned http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2015-April/000067.html Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155927.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155927.html Patch
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 13, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 6.8
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.45 }} 0.26%

score

0.84520

percentile