CVE-2011-3194

Publication date 15 June 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Buffer overflow in the TIFF reader in gui/image/qtiffhandler.cpp in Qt 4.7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the TIFFTAG_SAMPLESPERPIXEL tag in a greyscale TIFF image with multiple samples per pixel.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
qt4-x11	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Fixed 4:4.7.2-0ubuntu6.4
	10.10 maverick	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 4:4.6.2-0ubuntu5.4
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Notes

jdstrand

pt1 seems to be Windows-only, but pt2 is not, so we should apply both

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
qt4-x11	Other: cb6380b Other: c9d2445 Other: a6e3710

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)