CVE-2021-46829

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-46829
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-07-24 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:40:00 UTC
DescriptionGNOME GdkPixbuf (aka GDK-PixBuf) before 2.42.8 allows a heap-based buffer overflow when compositing or clearing frames in GIF files, as demonstrated by io-gif-animation.c composite_frame. This overflow is controllable and could be abused for code execution, especially on 32-bit systems.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Application Gnome Gdk-pixbuf All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Merge branch 'gif-overflow' into 'master' (5398f04d) · Commits · GNOME / gdk-pixbuf · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org
PoC/CVE-2021-46829.md at master · pedrib/PoC · GitHub MISC github.com
Release GdkPixbuf 2.42.8 (stable) (bca00032) · Commits · GNOME / gdk-pixbuf · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: heap buffer overflow in gdk-pixbuf MLIST www.openwall.com
Buffer overwrite in io-gif-animation.c composite_frame() (possibly exploitable) (#190) · Issues · GNOME / gdk-pixbuf · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: mingw-gdk-pixbuf-2.42.8-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: mingw-gdk-pixbuf-2.42.8-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
gif: Check for overflow when compositing or clearing frames. (!121) · Merge requests · GNOME / gdk-pixbuf · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org
oss-security - CVE Request: heap buffer overflow in gdk-pixbuf MISC www.openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5228-1 gdk-pixbuf DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160589 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for gdk-pixbuf2 (ELSA-2023-2216)
  • 181003 Debian Security Update for gdk-pixbuf (DSA 5228-1)
  • 184692 Debian Security Update for gdk-pixbuf (CVE-2021-46829)
  • 198889 Ubuntu Security Notification for GDK-PixBuf Vulnerability (USN-5554-1)
  • 241444 Red Hat Update for gdk-pixbuf2 (RHSA-2023:2216)
  • 283040 Fedora Security Update for mingw (FEDORA-2022-7254ec5e96)
  • 356111 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for gdk-pixbuf2 : ALAS2023-2023-352
  • 752542 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for gdk-pixbuf (SUSE-SU-2022:2995-1)
  • 752544 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for gdk-pixbuf (SUSE-SU-2022:2996-1)
  • 941010 AlmaLinux Security Update for gdk-pixbuf2 (ALSA-2023:2216)
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