Infinite loop in Gnome gdk-pixbuf - CVE-2020-29385

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Infinite loop in Gnome gdk-pixbuf - CVE-2020-29385

Published: December 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU48908
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
Gnome gdk-pixbuf
Software vendor:
Gnome Development Team

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.


Remediation

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

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