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CVE-2012-2370
Multiple integer overflows in the read_bitmap_file_data function in io-xbm.c in gdk-pixbuf before 2.26.1 allow remote attackers to cause a…
Medium5.0EPSS 4.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the read_bitmap_file_data function in io-xbm.c in gdk-pixbuf before 2.26.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a negative (1) height or (2) width in an XBM file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.2% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- GLSA-201206-20 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0135 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=b1bb3053856aede37d473c92f0e5a10e29f10516 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/+bug/681150 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 49125 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- gdkpixbuf-readbitmapfiledata-bo(75578) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120515 Re: CVE Request: gdk-pixbuf Integer overflow in XBM file loader (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=4f0f465f991cd454d03189497f923eb40c170c22 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 49715 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 53548 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120515 CVE Request: gdk-pixbuf Integer overflow in XBM file loader (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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