Denial of service in GNOME gdk-pixbuf



Risk Medium
Patch available NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2020-29385
CWE-ID CWE-835
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Gnome gdk-pixbuf
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor Gnome Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU48908

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-29385

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the write_indexes() function in gdk-pixbuf/lzw.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted GIF image to the application, consume all available CPU resources and cause denial of service conditions.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Gnome gdk-pixbuf: 2.39.2 - 2.40.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/issues/164


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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