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title: "CVE-2015-1860\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-1860

Publication date 12 May 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| qt4-x11 | 15.04 vivid | Fixed 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3~ubuntu6.1 |
| 14.10 utopic | Fixed 4:4.8.6+git49-gbc62005+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 4:4.8.5+git192-g085f851+dfsg-2ubuntu4.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.9 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| qtbase-opensource-src | 15.04 vivid | Fixed 5.4.1+dfsg-2ubuntu4.1 |
| 14.10 utopic | Fixed 5.3.0+dfsg-2ubuntu9.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 5.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu14.3 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1860?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| qt4-x11 | * Upstream:   <https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/108248/> * Upstream:   [d3048a2](https://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qtbase/commit/d3048a29797ee2d80d84bbda26bb3c954584f332) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1860)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1860)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-1860)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1860)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2626-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2626-1)
+ Qt vulnerabilities
+ 3 June 2015

### Other references

* <http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2015-April/000067.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1860>