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CVE-2005-3186

Published: Nov 18, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
4.7%
Top 9.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Integer overflow in the GTK+ gdk-pixbuf XPM image rendering library in GTK+ 2.4.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XPM file with a number of colors that causes insufficient memory to be allocated, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/an/a
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
gdkpixbufgnome
LibraryLibrary
Consumer Software
gtk\+gtk
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
gnomeoss-projectUSConsumer Softwareaka gnome project, glib
gtkoss-projectOSS Librariesaka gtk+, libgio

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_65_gtk2.html
novell.com
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=339&type=vulnerabilities
idefense.com
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-14.xml
gentoo.org
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Timeline

Published
Nov 18, 2005
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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