CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-3186

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Integer overflow in the GTK+ gdk-pixbuf XPM image rendering library in GTK+ 2.4.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XPM file with a number of colors that causes insufficient memory to be allocated, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk Assessment

The organization is at risk of remote code execution by an attacker delivering a crafted XPM file to an application using the vulnerable GTK+ library.

Recommendation

Immediately update the GTK+ library to version 2.4.1 or later, which includes a fix for this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Integer overflow in the GTK+ gdk-pixbuf XPM image rendering library in GTK+ 2.4.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XPM file with a number of colors that causes insufficient memory to be allocated, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

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