# CVE-2015-0295: 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 at

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-03-25 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73029
- http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2015-February/000059.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151034.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151352.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00068.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151138.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150800.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2626-1
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150940.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151121.html

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