CVE-2021-44648

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-44648  

GNOME gdk-pixbuf 2.42.6 is vulnerable to a heap-buffer overflow vulnerability when decoding the lzw compressed stream of image data in GIF files with lzw minimum code size equals to 12.

Description

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

GNOME gdk-pixbuf 2.42.6 is vulnerable to a heap-buffer overflow vulnerability when decoding the lzw compressed stream of image data in GIF files with lzw minimum code size equals to 12.

Additional Information

  • Bugzilla 2043722: CVE-2021-44648 gdk-pixbuf: heap-buffer overflow when decoding the lzw compressed stream of image data
  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2021-44648