Infinite loop in Gnome gdk-pixbuf - CVE-2020-29385
Published: December 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU48908
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Gnome Development Team
Affected software:
Gnome gdk-pixbuf
Gnome gdk-pixbuf
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-29385
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.