CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-2485

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2012-07-03 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2012-07-03
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

The gdk_pixbuf__gif_image_load function in gdk-pixbuf/io-gif.c in gdk-pixbuf before 2.23.5 does not properly handle certain return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted GIF image file.

Affected configurations

• gnome gdk-pixbuf (<= 2.23.3) • gnome gdk-pixbuf 2.22.1

References

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdk-pixbuf/2.23/gdk-pixbuf-2.23.5.news ftp.gnome.org
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=f8569bb13e2aa1584dde61ca545144750f7a7c98 Exploit, Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/45656 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49715 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-20.xml security.gentoo.org
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdk-pixbuf/2.23/gdk-pixbuf-2.23.5.news ftp.gnome.org
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=f8569bb13e2aa1584dde61ca545144750f7a7c98 Exploit, Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/45656 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49715 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-20.xml security.gentoo.org