CVE-2020-29385

Summary

CVECVE-2020-29385
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-26 02:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:21:00 UTC
DescriptionGNOME gdk-pixbuf (aka GdkPixbuf) before 2.42.2 allows a denial of service (infinite loop) in lzw.c in the function write_indexes. if c->self_code equals 10, self->code_table[10].extends will assign the value 11 to c. The next execution in the loop will assign self->code_table[11].extends to c, which will give the value of 10. This will make the loop run infinitely. This bug can, for example, be triggered by calling this function with a GIF image with LZW compression that is crafted in a special way.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.10 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Application Gnome Gdk-pixbuf All All All All
Application Gnome Gdk-pixbuf All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GDK-PixBuf: Denial of service (GLSA 202012-15) — Gentoo security MISC security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mingw-gdk-pixbuf-2.42.2-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2020-29385 | Ubuntu CONFIRM ubuntu.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
endless loop in the write_indexes function in gdk-pixbuf/lzw.c (from [email protected]) (#164) · Issues · GNOME / gdk-pixbuf · GitLab CONFIRM gitlab.gnome.org Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: gdk-pixbuf2-2.42.2-2.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: mingw-gdk-pixbuf-2.42.2-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
#977166 - gdk-pixbuf: CVE-2020-29385 - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: gdk-pixbuf2-2.42.2-2.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mingw-gdk-pixbuf-2.42.2-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
NEWS · master · GNOME / gdk-pixbuf · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: mingw-gdk-pixbuf-2.42.2-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 281529 Fedora Security Update for mingw (FEDORA-2021-755ba8968a)
  • 281530 Fedora Security Update for mingw (FEDORA-2021-c918632e13)
  • 500201 Alpine Linux Security Update for gdk-pixbuf
  • 501406 Alpine Linux Security Update for gdk-pixbuf
  • 503942 Alpine Linux Security Update for gdk-pixbuf
  • 750396 OpenSUSE Security Update for gdk-pixbuf (openSUSE-SU-2021:0150-1)
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