CVE-2012-2370

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2370
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-13 20:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Gdk-pixbuf 2.23.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gdk-pixbuf 2.23.4 All All All
Application Gnome Gdk-pixbuf 2.23.5 All All All
Application Gnome Gdk-pixbuf 2.24.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gdk-pixbuf 2.24.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gdk-pixbuf 2.25.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gdk-pixbuf 2.25.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gdk-pixbuf All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: gdk-pixbuf Integer overflow in XBM file loader af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
gdk-pixbuf - An image loading library af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org
oss-security - CVE Request: gdk-pixbuf Integer overflow in XBM file loader af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Avoid an integer overflow in the xbm loader (4f0f465f) · Commits · GNOME / gdk-pixbuf · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org Exploit, Patch
2.26.1 (b1bb3053) · Commits · GNOME / gdk-pixbuf · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org Patch
Bug #681150 “Integer overflow in XBM file loader” : Bugs : gdk-pixbuf package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Exploit
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- gdk-pixbuf: Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2012-2370 MITRE access.redhat.com
822468 – (CVE-2012-2370) CVE-2012-2370 gdk-pixbuf: DoS (GLib error and application abort) due to an integer overflow in the XBM image file format loader MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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