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Unscored USN-2767-1 2 CVEs

gdk-pixbuf vulnerabilities

Published Oct 13, 2015 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

Gustavo Grieco discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly
handle scaling tga image files, leading to a heap overflow. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a tga image file,
a remote attacker could use this flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2015-7673)

Gustavo Grieco discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library contained
an integer overflow when handling certain GIF images. If a user
or automated system were tricked into opening a GIF image file,
a remote attacker could use this flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2015-7674)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS gdk-pixbuf 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.2

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7673
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7674