CVE-2012-2370

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    CVE-2012-2370

    Published: 13 Aug 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple integer overflows in the read_bitmap_file_data function in io-xbm.c in gdk-pixbuf before 2.26.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a negative (1) height or (2) width in an XBM file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0135.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/49125, http://secunia.com/advisories/49715, http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=4f0f465f991cd454d03189497f923eb40c170c22, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/+bug/681150, http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=4f0f465f991cd454d03189497f923eb40c170c22, http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=b1bb3053856aede37d473c92f0e5a10e29f10516, http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201206-20.xml, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/15/8, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/15/9, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53548, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75578

    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