Integer Underflow Affecting gdk-pixbuf package, versions [,2.36.12)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GDKPIXBUF-2369983
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed10 Mar 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-6313  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-191  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gdk-pixbuf to version 2.36.12 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Underflow. Integer underflow in the load_resources function in io-icns.c in gdk-pixbuf allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and program crash) via a crafted image entry size in an ICO file.

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