Buffer Over-read Affecting gdk-pixbuf package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GDKPIXBUF-10878707
  • published23 Jul 2025
  • disclosed17 Jun 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-6199  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-126  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for gdk-pixbuf.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Over-read via improper output length handling in the GIF LZW decoding process. An attacker can access limited portions of uninitialized memory by providing a specially crafted GIF file that triggers the inclusion of arbitrary memory contents in the resulting image buffer.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1