Double Free Affecting gthumb package, versions <3:3.6.2-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-GTHUMB-260431
  • published28 Oct 2018
  • disclosed29 Oct 2018

Introduced: 28 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-18718  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable gthumb to version 3:3.6.2-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gthumb package and not the gthumb package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in gThumb through 3.6.2. There is a double-free vulnerability in the add_themes_from_dir method in dlg-contact-sheet.c because of two successive calls of g_free, each of which frees the same buffer.