| Name | CVE-2021-20240 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| gdk-pixbuf (PTS) | buster | 2.38.1+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.42.2+dfsg-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 2.42.10+dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| gdk-pixbuf | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| gdk-pixbuf | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| gdk-pixbuf | source | (unstable) | 2.42.2+dfsg-1 | | | |
Notes
[buster] - gdk-pixbuf <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[stretch] - gdk-pixbuf <not-affected> (Vulnerable code added later)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1926787
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/issues/132
Vulnerable code introduced in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/commit/4e7b5345d2fc8f0d1dee93d8ba9ab805bc95d42f (2.39.2)
Fixed by: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/commit/086e8adf4cc352cd11572f96066b001b545f354e (2.42.0)