CVE-2012-2370

medium

Published 2012-08-13 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.0

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the read_bitmap_file_data function in io-xbm.c in gdk-pixbuf before 2.26.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a negative (1) height or (2) width in an XBM file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.26.1-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.26.1-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`2.26.1-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.26.1-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.26.1-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
gnome	gdk-pixbuf	`{"endIncluding":"2.26.0"}`
gnome	gdk-pixbuf	`2.23.3`
gnome	gdk-pixbuf	`2.23.4`
gnome	gdk-pixbuf	`2.23.5`
gnome	gdk-pixbuf	`2.24.0`
gnome	gdk-pixbuf	`2.24.1`
gnome	gdk-pixbuf	`2.25.0`
gnome	gdk-pixbuf	`2.25.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-189

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