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TI-2005-00834 Aliases CVE-2005-0891GHSA-f6r7-g7pj-vhjx

Double free vulnerability in gtk 2 (gtk2) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a…

Priority LOW 39CWE-415Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-415 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Double free vulnerability in gtk 2 (gtk2) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted BMP image.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03495 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.0 to before 2.2.4VulnerableGNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 to before 2.2.4 Vulnerable ·GNOME

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2005:343 Released 2005-04-05 · Red Hat rating Important
    gdk-pixbuf security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-12.el3, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-12.el3.i386, gdk-pixbuf-devel-1:0.22.0-12.el3 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-12.el3, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-12.el3.i386, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-12.el3.ia64 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-16.el4, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-16.el4.i386, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-16.el4.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-16.el4, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-16.el4.i386, gdk-pixbuf-devel-1:0.22.0-16.el4 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-12.el3, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-12.el3.i386, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-12.el3.ia64 +6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-16.el4, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-16.el4.i386, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-16.el4.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-12.el3, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-12.el3.i386, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-12.el3.ia64 +6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-16.el4, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-16.el4.i386, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-16.el4.ia64 +3
  • RHSA-2005:344 Released 2005-04-01 · Red Hat rating Important
    gtk2 security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 gtk2-2.2.4-15, gtk2-2.2.4-15.i386, gtk2-devel-2.2.4-15 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 gtk2-2.2.4-15, gtk2-2.2.4-15.i386, gtk2-2.2.4-15.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 gtk2-2.4.13-14, gtk2-2.4.13-14.i386, gtk2-2.4.13-14.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 gtk2-2.4.13-14, gtk2-2.4.13-14.i386, gtk2-devel-2.4.13-14 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 gtk2-2.2.4-15, gtk2-2.2.4-15.i386, gtk2-2.2.4-15.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 gtk2-2.4.13-14, gtk2-2.4.13-14.i386, gtk2-2.4.13-14.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 gtk2-2.2.4-15, gtk2-2.2.4-15.i386, gtk2-2.2.4-15.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 gtk2-2.4.13-14, gtk2-2.4.13-14.i386, gtk2-2.4.13-14.ia64 +3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:343, RHSA-2005:344
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:343, RHSA-2005:344
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:343, RHSA-2005:344
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:343, RHSA-2005:344
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:343, RHSA-2005:344
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:343, RHSA-2005:344
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:343, RHSA-2005:344
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:343, RHSA-2005:344

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-0891
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f6r7-g7pj-vhjx

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 1

  • TI-2012-00764 Out-of-bounds write in Xchat-WDK CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2004-00721 Stack-based buffer overflow in xpm_extract_color (io-xpm.c) in the XPM image decoder for… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2004-00720 Integer overflow in pixbuf_create_from_xpm (io-xpm.c) in the XPM image decoder for gtk+… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2010-04556 Untrusted search path vulnerability in modules/engines/ms-windows/xp_theme.c in GTK+… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2005-02808 Integer overflow in io-xpm.c in gdk-pixbuf 0.22.0 in GTK+ before 2.8.7 allows attackers… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2005-02807 io-xpm.c in the gdk-pixbuf XPM image rendering library in GTK+ before 2.8.7 allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
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