CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-0891

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A double free vulnerability in gtk2 before version 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted BMP image.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely trigger a denial of service (DoS) by sending a specially crafted BMP file, potentially disrupting applications using gtk2.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the gtk2 library to version 2.2.4 or later, which fixes the double free vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Double free vulnerability in gtk 2 (gtk2) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted BMP image.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS