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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2022-48622: Important priority package update for gdk-pixbuf2

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 26, 2024
Added
Aug 5, 2025
Modified
Aug 5, 2025

Description

In GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka gdk-pixbuf) through 2.42.10, the ANI (Windows animated cursor) decoder encounters heap memory corruption (in ani_load_chunk in io-ani.c) when parsing chunks in a crafted .ani file. A crafted file could allow an attacker to overwrite heap metadata, leading to a denial of service or code execution attack. This occurs in gdk_pixbuf_set_option() in gdk-pixbuf.c.
A flaw was found in GNOME's GdkPixbuf library, a library used to load image data in various formats used by GDK for handling graphical assets. This issue occurs when loading a crafted ANI (animated cursor file) file, which may lead to a heap based out-of-bounds write, causing memory corruption. When a successful attack is in place, it can lead to a denial of service or in some cases arbitrary code execution.

Solutions

amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-gdk-pixbuf2amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-gdk-pixbuf2-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-gdk-pixbuf2-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-gdk-pixbuf2-develamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-gdk-pixbuf2-devel-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-gdk-pixbuf2-modulesamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-gdk-pixbuf2-modules-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-gdk-pixbuf2-testsamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-gdk-pixbuf2-tests-debuginfo
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