MGASA-2014-0240

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    MGASA-2014-0240

    Published: 29 May 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-0190

    Summary: Updated qt4 packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in QGIFFormat::fillRect in QtGui. If an application using the qt-x11 libraries opened a malicious GIF file with invalid width and height values, it could cause the application to crash (CVE-2014-0190). Qt4 has been patched to correct this flaw and has been updated to version 4.8.6, which fixes several other bugs.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0240.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13276, http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2014-April/000045.html, http://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2014/04/24/qt-4-8-6-released/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132395.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qt4

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/qt4?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.8.6-1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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