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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-0295 is rated Moderate Risk (55.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.36%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +2.76% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 3.60% | 6.36% | +2.76% |
| 2 | 2026-03-03 | 1.97% | 3.60% | +1.63% |
| 3 | 2026-02-26 | — | 1.97% | — |
Full EPSS history (17 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2015-0295 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (qtbase-opensource-src), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0295 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0295 |
suse
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low | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0295/ |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2015-0295 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (qt4-x11, qtbase-opensource-src), 12 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): released 7, DNE 2, ignored 1, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0295 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| fedoraproject | fedora | 20 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 21 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 22 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| opensuse | opensuse | 13.1 | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| digia | qt | <= 5.4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |