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TI-2005-02808 Aliases CVE-2005-2976GHSA-9hm7-qmgf-q88w

Integer overflow in io-xpm.c in gdk-pixbuf 0.22.0 in GTK+ before 2.8.7 allows attackers…

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-190Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Integer overflow in io-xpm.c in gdk-pixbuf 0.22.0 in GTK+ before 2.8.7 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via an XPM file with large height, width, and colour values, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3186.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04541 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

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 · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdkpixbuf:0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.22VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.8.7VulnerableGNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdkpixbuf:0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.22 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.8.7 Vulnerable ·GNOME

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2005:810 Released 2005-11-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    gdk-pixbuf security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-13.el3.3, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-13.el3.3.i386, gdk-pixbuf-devel-1:0.22.0-13.el3.3 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-13.el3.3, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-13.el3.3.i386, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-13.el3.3.ia64 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-17.el4.3, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-17.el4.3.i386, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-17.el4.3.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-17.el4.3, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-17.el4.3.i386, gdk-pixbuf-devel-1:0.22.0-17.el4.3 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-13.el3.3, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-13.el3.3.i386, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-13.el3.3.ia64 +6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-17.el4.3, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-17.el4.3.i386, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-17.el4.3.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-13.el3.3, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-13.el3.3.i386, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-13.el3.3.ia64 +6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-17.el4.3, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-17.el4.3.i386, gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-17.el4.3.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-2005:810
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:810
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:810
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:810
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:810
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:810
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:810
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:810

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-2976
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9hm7-qmgf-q88w

References

Patch 1

Advisory 8

Other 1

  • TI-2022-24154 In GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka gdk-pixbuf) through 2.42.10, the ANI (Windows animated cursor)… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • 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-2021-20185 GNOME gdk-pixbuf 2.42.6 is vulnerable to a heap-buffer overflow vulnerability when… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2005-03013 Integer overflow in the GTK+ gdk-pixbuf XPM image rendering library in GTK+ 2.4.0 allows… 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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