CVE-2015-8875

high
Published 2016-06-01 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
7.8

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) pixops_composite_nearest, (2) pixops_composite_color_nearest, and (3) pixops_process functions in pixops/pixops.c in gdk-pixbuf before 2.33.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8875

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8875.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.34.0-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.34.0-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.34.0-1
debian debiansidfixed2.34.0-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.34.0-1
debian debian8.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gnomegdk-pixbuf{"endIncluding":"2.33"}

References

CWEs

CWE-189

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.