[Development] Security bulletin: Deprecating QRect

[Mark Gaiser]

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Friedemann Kleint <
Friedemann.Kleint at theqtcompany.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> as discussed in the thread "Re: [Development] Fixing QRect::width() /
> height()", QRect can be misused to trigger undefined behaviour. This
> pattern has been observed in recent ransomware attacks using the new High
> DPI feature in Qt 5.6 to place windows at bottom right positions on High
> DPI screens inducing undefined behaviour. To fix this, the class QRect will
> be deprecated as of now in a patch release 5.6.0.1. The maintainers are
> kindly asked for a quick review of
> https://codereview.qt-project.org/154371 and the release team to prepare
> the patch release.
>
> Regards,
> Friedemann
>
> --
> Friedemann Kleint The Qt Company
>
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hehe, you nearly had me there.
April fools ;)
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