Qt 4.8.7 is a bug-fix release. It maintains both forward and backward compatibility (source and binary) with Qt 4.8.0, 4.8.1, 4.8.2, 4.8.3, 4.8.4, 4.8.5, and 4.8.6 For more details, refer to the online documentation included in this distribution. The documentation is also available online: http://doc.qt.io/qt-4.8/ The Qt version 4.8 series is binary compatible with the 4.7.x series. Applications compiled for 4.7 will continue to run with 4.8. Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker: http://bugreports.qt.io/ Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more information about a particular change. **************************************************************************** * General * **************************************************************************** General Improvements -------------------- - Fix for CVE-2015-0295 DoS vulnerability in the BMP image handler - Multiple Vulnerabilities in Qt Image Format Handling - Fix for CVE-2015-1858 BMP vulnerability - Fix for CVE-2015-1859 ICO vulnerability - Fix for CVE-2015-1860 GIF vulnerability - Update bundled libpng to version 1.6.17 to address known vulnerabilities on previous versions - Update bundled libtiff to version 4.0.3 to address known vulnerabilities on previous versions **************************************************************************** * Library * **************************************************************************** QtGui ----- - Fix crash when deleting top level windows embedded into QGraphicsProxyWidget [QTBUG-29684] - Vista Style: More menu item pixel fixes for QtQuick Control [QTBUG-37451, QTBUG-38376] - Polish the image gestures example [QTBUG-37759, QTBUG-37203] - QMdiArea: Ignore events of other instances in the event filter [QTBUG-31448] - Don't crash on broken GIF images [QTBUG-38367] - Fix visual index lookup in QTreeViewPrivate::adjustViewOptionsForIndex() [QTBUG-37813] - Windows: Add missing colors to tooltip palette [QTBUG-38183] - Memory and file descriptor leak in QFontCache [QTBUG-38035] - Tslib QWS: also apply missing release coordinate code to non-raw mode - Fix raster graphics on X11 RGB30 [QTBUG-25998] - Cleanlooks style: Fix floating point exception - Move the C++11 support macros to a central place (qglobal.h) - Fix compilation of QWinInputContext with Q_IME_DEBUG defined [QTBUG-40402] - Don't convert signed to unsigned when we need all 32bit [QTBUG-40297] - Fix compilation warnings due to superfluous commas at the end of enums [qkbd_qws.h] - Fix at lot of QT_NO_ define guards for very tiny Qt builds - Fix QPainter::drawPolyline() painting errors with cosmetic pen [QTBUG-31579] - Don't call virtual methods after the source model is destroyed - QSwipeGestureRecognizer: Use qAbs() to check distances [QTBUG-15768] - Fix font cache check in QFontEngineFT::recalcAdvances() [QTBUG-24188] - QListView: Catch stack overflow on mutual scrollbar calculation [QTBUG-39902, QTBUG-38517] - QPdf::addImage(): avoid a QImage detach when it's in an acceptable Format - QLineEdit: Disable standard key 'cut' when there is no selection [QTBUG-40477] - QTreeView: speed up isRowHidden for the case where no rows are hidden - Fix license text and URLs in QMessageBox::aboutQt() [QTBUG-41798] - Adjust the layout if a QGraphicsWidget is explicitly hidden [QTBUG-20132] - Auto-scroll while selecting entire rows/columns did not work [QTBUG-21201] - Rewrite debug output of event classes [QTBUG-38858, QTBUG-42344] - Fixed a bug where spans did not always work in layouts [QTBUG-43099] - QIdentityProxyModel: remove slow bounds-checking, for more performance - Check world matrix is true when seeing if transformations are supported [QTBUG-35200] - Fix compilation with QDND_DEBUG [QTBUG-43466] - QDateTime: Fix time format in doc [QTBUG-12236] - Introduce Windows version 10 [QTBUG-43413] - Added check if fontEngine is still in the cache [QTBUG-22942] - Fix a division by zero when processing malformed BMP files [QTBUG-44547] - Simplify mirroring code and add tests for non-aliged 1 bit images - QGLWidget and re-parenting [QTBUG-20652] - Fixes crash in gif image decoder - Fixes crash in bmp and ico image decoding - Use qSwap instead of std::swap so platforms without STL still compile - Add Missing Debug Operator Declaration for QTouchEvent::TouchPoint QtNetwork --------- - Doc: be more explicit about need to set expected SSL cert in errors [QTBUG-16770] - Network internals: do not try to cache a deleted entry [QTBUG-17400] - QSslCertificate: blacklist NIC certificates from India - Refactor disconnectFromFtp to remove cached entries when necessary [QTBUG-40797] - Fix minor compiler warning (qsslsocket_openssl_symbols.cpp) - Ignore expired certificate during certificate validation [QTBUG-38896] - Fix HTTP(s) upload corruption when server closes connection QtCore ------ - Fix compilation using MinGW 64 due to missing __cpuid [QTBUG-34022] - Properly escape bytearray data outside the ascii range when using a codec [QTBUG-15543] - Use correct values for MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_* defines - Remove use of 'register' from Qt - Remove the use of a template qUnused function for ICC' - Fix QLineF Detailed Description [QTBUG-44309] - QThread: fix race when setting the eventDispatcher [QTBUG-29452] - Simplify calculation of week number - Improve digitToCLocale sign char handling [QTBUG-35069] QtScript -------- - Fix compiler warning (qscriptdebuggerconsole.cpp) [QTBUG-42032] QtDBus ------ - QDbus: Fix (!a == b) comparison QtWebkit -------- - Fix compilation of QtWebKit with MSVC 2012/2013 [QTBUG-31882, QTBUG-34705] - Restore dirty line logic in RenderInline::destroy - Parse multiple buttons during mouse press and release [QTBUG-42319] - Fix QWebSettings::setUserStyleSheetUrl() not working with windows paths QtSql ----- - Fix access of tmpStorage in QODBCResult::exec() [QTBUG-37831] - Fix - psql driver must format qdatetime using iso [QTBUG-33389] Declarative ----------- - Add handling of value-type lists to QDeclarativeExpression::evaluate() - Fix Flickable mouse grab issue [QTBUG-27185] - Fix empty arrays in QML 1 [QTBUG-43656] - QDeclarativeTextEdit: fix use of uninitialised value (qdeclarativetextedit.cpp) Plugins ------- - Tslib plugin: also apply missing release coordinate code to non-raw mode - Correct typo in the Gujarati openType identififer [QTBUG-44568] 3rdParty -------- - Fix building of JSC with libc++ - Fix DateTime with recent versions of tzdata [QTBUG-41422] - Fix thai symbol rendering slowness [QTBUG-37665] - Update bundled libpng to version 1.6.17 - Update bundled libtiff to version 4.0.3 Qt3Support ---------- - Don't use QAbstractButton::pixmap() as this will always return 0 [QTBUG-38301] **************************************************************************** * Platform Specific Changes * **************************************************************************** Qt for Linux/X11 ---------------- - Don't leak RENDER Pictures in QPixmap::paintEngine(qpixmaps_x11.cpp) - Fix Focus problem with QX11EmbedWidget [QTBUG-3617] - Identify XButton1|2 release events when mouse is moving [QTBUG-40148] - Don't return false when a null pointer is expected [QTBUG-44748] Qt for Windows -------------- - Use WINVER instead of _MSC_VER for version check in qeventdispatcher_win.cpp [QTBUG-38604] - configure.exe now detects newer MinGW versions correctly, enabling windowsxp and windowsvista styles by default [QTBUG-38706] - Fix WINVER #ifdef for QS_TOUCH and QS_POINTER - QClipboard Windows debugging: fix compilation with VS2005 [QTBUG-39133] - Windows: Added Comma to list of possible numpad keys [QTBUG-38248] - qwidget_win.cpp: Initialize WINDOWPLACEMENT correctly [QTBUG-40466] - Backport: use backslashes for UNCs path [QTBUG-13359] - Windows native socket: handle WSAENETRESET the same as WSAECONNRESET [QTBUG-41934] - Windows: Fix return value of QDesktopServices::storageLocation(DataLocation) [QTBUG-43092] - Fix glyph's CMAP index might be corrupted when SMP sybmol is present in the font - Make distance fields rendering work with Opentype CFF fonts [QTBUG-28746] - Fix OpenType fonts with cmap tables on Windows [QTBUG-31656] - Use metrics returned by GetGlyphOutline in GGO_METRICS mode [QTBUG-12799] - Windows: Fix OS version determination for Windows >= 8 [QTBUG-43413] Qt for Mac OS X --------------- - OS X: Make Qt application react on applicationShouldHandleReopen [QTBUG-10899] - Refactor OS X bundle detection for QFileInfo [QTBUG-31884] - Fix MacOS build with SDK 10.7, XCode 4.3 and above [QTBUG-24361] - Fix QSysInfo::macVersion for OS X minor versions greater than 9 - Fix compilation errors with OS X 10.7 SDK or later for the Carbon flavor - Mac: Fix mixing unified and non-unified toolbars [QTBUG-36100] - Mac Style: Fix QLineEdit frame in 10.10 - QMacStyle: Fix focus frame rendering in Yosemite - Replace all ocurrences of NSApp with [NSApplication sharedApplication] [QTBUG-39644] - OSX: make QFileDialog::getSaveFileName honor the initial file name [QTBUG-36212] - QMacStyle: Fix QTabBar appearance on Yosemite - [OS X]: respect icon visibility preference in system tray menus [QTBUG-41348] - Fix bugs generating PDF on Cocoa [QTBUG-10094] - Backport implementation of OS X QSystemTrayIcon from Qt 5 [QTBUG-21830] - Fix Carbon build (qwidget.cpp) - Info.plist.lib whitespace fixup - OSX: avoid crash in invalidateBuffer_resizeHelper on parentless widget [QTBUG-41716] Qt for Blackberry\QNX --------------------- - QNX: Fix QDir::entryInfoList() Qt for Solaris -------------- - Revert previous QFileDialog fix for Solaris [QTBUG-21451] **************************************************************************** * Tools * **************************************************************************** Assistant --------- - Fix crashes in QtHelp when too many connections are made [QTBUG-36480] - Fix crash when accessing the content model [QTBUG-18829] - Make sure the content widget never replaces valid data with empty data - Assistant: Fix index updating on startup in the remote control mode [QTBUG-36850] Designer -------- - Fix compiler warnings in Qt Designer [QTBUG-44747] Linquist -------- - Add Hebrew translation for Qt Linguist Configure --------- - Allow Qt4 to also build in ppc64[el le] - Fix AArch64/arm64 detection - Configure: Fix detection of GCC 5 - configure: add '-psql_config' option - Remove filterIncludePath and filterLibraryPath usage [QTBUG-45463] mkspecs -------- - Add detection of and support for Visual Studio 2015 [QTBUG-45100] qmake ----- - vcxproj generator: append version suffix only to library targets [QTBUG-38066] - qmake: Add object_parallel_to_source config option [QTBUG-34871] - fix warning when generating VS 2013 project [QTBUG-36535] - qmake vcxproj generator: write PrimaryOutputExtension value [QTBUG-26782] - Handle relative paths correctly for files in QMAKE_BUNDLE_DATA - Only add the res_file to the generated files if there is no rc_file [QTBUG-29826] - *.sln not generated correctly for VS2012 and VS2010 [QTBUG-33446] - Fix qmake warning about unknown /Zc:strictStrings option Other ----- - generate QGL header file from qgl.h [QTBUG-16838] - qmlplugindumper: do not pop up a window if an assert is triggered [QTCREATORBUG-12644] - Update Hebrew translation - Fix string placeholders in two translations (qt_zh_CN.ts) - Fix wrong Japanese translation [QTBUG-44081] - Fix a translation for zh_CN [QTBUG-32452] - Update Hebrew translation for linguist and qtconfig - qmlplugindump: Fix build with mingw.org - Update copyright headers - Doc: Update obsolete external URLs