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.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 8.8
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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gdk-pixbuf Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(2.42.2+dfsg-1)
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| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Released
(2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.2)
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| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
|
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Patches: Upstream: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/commit/086e8adf4cc352cd11572f96066b001b545f354e |
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Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | vulnerable code introduced in: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/commit/4e7b5345d2fc8f0d1dee93d8ba9ab805bc95d42f |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-20240
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4743-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian