Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting gdk-pixbuf package, versions <2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.51% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-GDKPIXBUF-2960249
  • published26 Jul 2022
  • disclosed24 Jul 2022

Introduced: 24 Jul 2022

CVE-2021-46829  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 gdk-pixbuf to version 2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gdk-pixbuf package and not the gdk-pixbuf package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka GDK-PixBuf) before 2.42.8 allows a heap-based buffer overflow when compositing or clearing frames in GIF files, as demonstrated by io-gif-animation.c composite_frame. This overflow is controllable and could be abused for code execution, especially on 32-bit systems.

CVSS Base Scores

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