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CVE-2021-20240

Published: 17 February 2021

A flaw was found in gdk-pixbuf in versions before 2.42.0. An integer wraparound leading to an out of bounds write can occur when a crafted GIF image is loaded. An attacker may cause applications to crash or could potentially execute code on the victim system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
vulnerable code introduced in:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/commit/4e7b5345d2fc8f0d1dee93d8ba9ab805bc95d42f

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
gdk-pixbuf
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal
Released (2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.2)
groovy
Released (2.40.0+dfsg-5ubuntu0.2)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.42.2+dfsg-1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/commit/086e8adf4cc352cd11572f96066b001b545f354e

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H