CVE-2005-3186

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    CVE-2005-3186

    Published: 18 Nov 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/17522, http://secunia.com/advisories/17538, http://secunia.com/advisories/17562, http://secunia.com/advisories/17588, http://secunia.com/advisories/17591, http://secunia.com/advisories/17592, http://secunia.com/advisories/17594, http://secunia.com/advisories/17615, http://secunia.com/advisories/17657, http://secunia.com/advisories/17710, http://secunia.com/advisories/17770, http://secunia.com/advisories/17791, http://secunia.com/advisories/18509, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-911, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-913, http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=339&type=vulnerabilities, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:214, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_65_gtk2.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-810.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-216-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2433, http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=339&type=vulnerabilities, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-810.html, ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.8/SCOSA-2006.8.txt, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/188, http://securitytracker.com/id?1015216, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-229.pdf, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-14.xml, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-811.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428052/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15435, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9503

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High