CVE-2012-2370
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 4.1%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 4.1% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2361)
- Published
- August 13, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2361 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnome / gdk-pixbuf
- gnome / gdk-pixbuf
- gnome / gdk-pixbuf
- gnome / gdk-pixbuf
- gnome / gdk-pixbuf
- gnome / gdk-pixbuf
- gnome / gdk-pixbuf
- gnome / gdk-pixbuf
References
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=4f0f465f991cd454d03189497f923eb40c170c22(Exploit, Patch)
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=b1bb3053856aede37d473c92f0e5a10e29f10516(Patch)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0135.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49125(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49715(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201206-20.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/15/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/15/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53548
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/+bug/681150(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75578
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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