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  2. QTBUG-40347

Divide by zero incase GetTextMetrics fails

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      A Potential "Division by zero" exception in QPlainTextEditPrivate line 976
      If QPlainTextEdit is used with a Courier font like this:

      QFont outputFont("Courier"); 
      mOutputWidget = new QPlainTextEdit(mainWidget); 
      mOutputWidget->setReadOnly(true); 
      mOutputWidget->setFont(outputFont); 
      

      This yields divide by zero when GetTextMetrics fails. It flags a diagnostic message "Error: QFontEngineWin: GetTextMetrics failed ()" and then crashes with a "Division by zero" exception with following stack trace:

      QtGui4.dll!QPlainTextEditPrivate::_q_adjustScrollbars() Line 976 + 0x34 bytes C++ 
      QtGui4.dll!QPlainTextEdit::qt_static_metacall(QObject * _o, QMetaObject::Call _c, int _id, void * * _a) Line 157 + 0x9 bytes C++ 
      QtCore4.dll!QMetaObject::activate(QObject * sender, const QMetaObject * m, int local_signal_index, void * * argv) Line 3545 + 0x1e bytes C++ 
      QtGui4.dll!QTextControl::documentSizeChanged(const QSizeF & _t1) Line 309 C++ 
      QtGui4.dll!QTextControl::qt_static_metacall(QObject * _o, QMetaObject::Call _c, int _id, void * * _a) Line 139 + 0xc bytes C++ 
      QtCore4.dll!QMetaObject::activate(QObject * sender, const QMetaObject * m, int local_signal_index, void * * argv) Line 3545 + 0x1e bytes C++ 
      QtGui4.dll!QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::documentSizeChanged(const QSizeF & _t1) Line 137 C++ 
      QtGui4.dll!QPlainTextDocumentLayout::documentChanged(int from, int __formal, int charsAdded) Line 315 C++ 
      QtGui4.dll!QTextDocumentPrivate::finishEdit() Line 1201 C++ 
      QtGui4.dll!QTextDocumentPrivate::endEditBlock() Line 1180 C++ 
      QtGui4.dll!QTextCursor::insertText(const QString & text, const QTextCharFormat & _format) Line 1463 C++ 
      QtGui4.dll!QTextCursor::insertText(const QString & text) Line 1388 + 0x10 bytes C+
      
      

      The logic of the problem is quite clear:
      1. It is anticipated that GetTextMetrics() may fail (for whatever reason) and
      then the QFontMetrics are zeroed.Commit: #eb39ecc in src/gui/text/qfontengine_win.cpp

      (!res) {
      
              qErrnoWarning("QFontEngineWin: GetTextMetrics failed");
      	
              ZeroMemory(&tm, sizeof(TEXTMETRIC));//this leads to linespacing 0
      	
          }
      

      2. If this happens, QFontMetrics::lineSpacing() returns 0, and if this occurs in _q_adjustScrollbars(), the application will crash.

      void QPlainTextEditPrivate::_q_adjustScrollbars()
      {
      // ...
      vSliderLength = viewport->height() / q->fontMetrics().lineSpacing();
      // ...
      }
      
      

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            esabraha Eskil Abrahamsen Blomfeldt
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