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critical 9.8

CVE-2011-2897 json

gdk-pixbuf through 2.31.1 has GIF loader buffer overflow when initializing decompression tables due to an input validation flaw

published 2019-11-12 6 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-2870

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

gdk-pixbuf through 2.31.1 has GIF loader buffer overflow when initializing decompression tables due to an input validation flaw

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-2897 updated cvss 5.1

gdk-pixbuf: GIF loader buffer overflow when initializing decompression tables

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 gdk-pixbuf Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gdk-pixbuf
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 gtk2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gtk2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gtk2, gtk2-immodules, gtk2-immodule-xim
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2897 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • gdk-pixbuf gdk-pixbuf

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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