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CVE-2021-46829

Published: Jul 24, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-190
NVD MITRE
7.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.7%
Top 50.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka GDK-PixBuf) before 2.42.8 allows a heap-based buffer overflow when compositing or clearing frames in GIF files, as demonstrated by io-gif-animation.c composite_frame. This overflow is controllable and could be abused for code execution, especially on 32-bit systems.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-190

Affected Products

n/an/a
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
FedoraFedora Project
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Special EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
fedora projectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Initial Access
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References

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/issues/190
gitlab.gnome.org
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/merge_requests/121
gitlab.gnome.org
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/commit/bca00032ad68d0b0aa2c1f7558db931e52bd9cd2
gitlab.gnome.org
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Timeline

Published
Jul 24, 2022
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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