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Ubuntu: USN-4743-1 (CVE-2021-20240): GDK-PixBuf vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-4743-1 (CVE-2021-20240): GDK-PixBuf vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C)
Published
02/22/2021
Created
02/25/2021
Added
02/23/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

A flaw was found in gdk-pixbuf in versions before 2.42.0. An integer wraparound leading to an out of bounds write can occur when a crafted GIF image is loaded. An attacker may cause applications to crash or could potentially execute code on the victim system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libgdk-pixbuf2-0-0

References

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