Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-46829  

GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka GDK-PixBuf) before 2.42.8 allows a heap-based buffer overflow when compositing or clearing frames in GIF files, as demonstrated by io-gif-animation.c composite_frame. This overflow is controllable and could be abused for code execution, especially on 32-bit systems.

Description

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka GDK-PixBuf) before 2.42.8 allows a heap-based buffer overflow when compositing or clearing frames in GIF files, as demonstrated by io-gif-animation.c composite_frame. This overflow is controllable and could be abused for code execution, especially on 32-bit systems.

Additional Information

  • Bugzilla 2114940: CVE-2021-46829 gdk-pixbuf: a heap-based buffer overflow when compositing or clearing frames in GIF files
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2021-46829