USN-5554-1

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    USN-5554-1

    Published: 8 Aug 2022Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: gdk-pixbuf vulnerability

    Details: Pedro Ribeiro discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle certain GIF images. If an user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF file, a remote attacker could use this flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5554-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-46829

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gdk-pixbuf

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-3ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=focal

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.3

    Affected versions

    2.40.0+dfsg-1build1
    2.40.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1
    2.40.0+dfsg-2
    2.40.0+dfsg-3
    2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1
    2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.2

    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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