VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-44648
GNOME gdk-pixbuf 2.42.6 is vulnerable to a heap-buffer overflow vulnerability when decoding the lzw compressed stream of image data in GIF files with lzw minimum code size equals to 12.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.89%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.89%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
GNOME gdk-pixbuf 2.42.6 is vulnerable to a heap-buffer overflow vulnerability when decoding the lzw compressed stream of image data in GIF files with lzw minimum code size equals to 12.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.89% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- gnome/gdkpixbuf · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/issues/136Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JEVTOGIJITK2N5AOOLKKMDIICZDQE6CH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PEKBMOO52RXONWKB6ZKKHTVPLF6WC3KF/
- https://sahildhar.github.io/blogpost/GdkPixbuf-Heap-Buffer-Overflow-in-lzw_decoder_new/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5228Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/issues/136Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JEVTOGIJITK2N5AOOLKKMDIICZDQE6CH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PEKBMOO52RXONWKB6ZKKHTVPLF6WC3KF/
- https://sahildhar.github.io/blogpost/GdkPixbuf-Heap-Buffer-Overflow-in-lzw_decoder_new/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5228Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.