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CVE-2012-2370 json

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…

published 2012-08-13 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-2361

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.1%
EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • gdk-pixbuf Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.26.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2370

  • gtk2 RHEL 5 2.10.4-29.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0135

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-2012-2370 updated cvss 4.3

gdk-pixbuf: DoS (GLib error and application abort) due to an integer overflow in the XBM image file format loader

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gdk-pixbuf
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gtk2, gtk2-immodules, gtk2-immodule-xim
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) gtk2 2.10.4-29.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) gtk2 2.10.4-29.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) gtk2 2.10.4-29.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0135

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

4.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • git.gnome.org http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=4f0f465f991cd454d03189497f923eb40c170c22 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugs.launchpad.net https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/+bug/681150 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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