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CVE-2017-1000422 json

Gnome gdk-pixbuf 2.36.8 and older is vulnerable to several integer overflow in the gif_get_lzw function resulting in memory corruption and…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-1559

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Gnome gdk-pixbuf 2.36.8 and older is vulnerable to several integer overflow in the gif_get_lzw function resulting in memory corruption and potential code execution

Patch / fix

  • gdk-pixbuf Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.36.11-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000422

  • gdk-pixbuf Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.8
  • gdk-pixbuf Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000422

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • gdk-pixbuf SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 +1 more 2.34.0-19.11.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:1950-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2017-1000422 updated cvss 7.3

gdk-pixbuf: Integer overflow in io-gif.c:gif_get_lzw() can lead to memory corruption and potential code execution

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gdk-pixbuf Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gdk-pixbuf2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gdk-pixbuf2, gdk-pixbuf2-tests Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 gdk-pixbuf2, gdk-pixbuf2-xlib, gdk-pixbuf2-modules
    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

2.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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