DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20240

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20240

    Published: 28 May 2021Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-20240

    Summary:

    Details: A flaw was found in gdk-pixbuf in versions before 2.42.0. An integer wraparound leading to an out of bounds write can occur when a crafted GIF image is loaded. An attacker may cause applications to crash or could potentially execute code on the victim system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-20240

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gdk-pixbuf

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/gdk-pixbuf?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.42.2+dfsg-1

    Affected versions

    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
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