CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-2976

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An integer overflow in io-xpm.c in gdk-pixbuf 0.22.0 in GTK+ before 2.8.7 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via an XPM file with large height, width, and colour values.

Risk Assessment

The risk for organizations includes the possibility of remote code execution by an attacker, which could lead to system compromise, as well as disruption of applications using GTK+.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update GTK+ to version 2.8.7 or later, which fixes this vulnerability. Also avoid processing untrusted XPM files in older versions.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Integer overflow in io-xpm.c in gdk-pixbuf 0.22.0 in GTK+ before 2.8.7 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via an XPM file with large height, width, and colour values, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3186.

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