Description
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.
Published: 2022-07-24
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5228-1 gdk-pixbuf security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-33484 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5554-1 GDK-PixBuf vulnerability
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Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Gnome Gdk-pixbuf
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:17:42.630Z

Reserved: 2022-07-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-46829

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Status : Modified

Published: 2022-07-24T19:15:10.097

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:34:46.747

Link: CVE-2021-46829

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-07-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-46829 - Bugzilla

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