Out-of-Bounds Affecting gdk-pixbuf package, versions [,2.31.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.46% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GDKPIXBUF-2369995
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed26 Oct 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Oct 2015

CVE-2015-7673  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gdk-pixbuf to version 2.31.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds io-tga.c in gdk-pixbuf before 2.32.0 uses heap memory after its allocation failed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Truevision TGA (TARGA) file.

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