CVE-2015-1859 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the QtBase module, specifically within the ICO image handler. This flaw affects Qt versions before 4.8.7 and 5.x before 5.4.2, impacting products like Digia Qt and Fedora. A remote attacker could exploit this by providing a specially crafted ICO image, leading to a denial of service (crash) and potentially arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating medium severity with network access, medium attack complexity, and partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 4.8.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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