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CVE-2014-0190 is a denial-of-service flaw in Qt's GIF image handling before Qt 5.3. A malicious or malformed GIF with invalid dimensions can crash software that uses the affected QtGui decoder. The business impact is availability loss in applications that open untrusted GIF images, not documented data theft or code execution. Exposure is most likely in applications or systems using QtGui from Qt versions before 5.3 and processing GIF files from untrusted sources. Linux distributions with Qt packages are relevant because Ubuntu, Fedora, and openSUSE issued advisories. Treat this as a targeted availability risk for legacy Qt-based software. Prioritize patching internet-facing or user-content-processing applications first. It is not documented here as active exploitation or code execution. Mitigation focus: Upgrade affected Qt installations to Qt 5.3 or a vendor-fixed package.; Apply relevant Ubuntu, Fedora, or openSUSE security updates where applicable.; Limit untrusted GIF processing in affected applications until patched..
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- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=333404CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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