Bug 1261836 (CVE-2015-7673)

Summary: CVE-2015-7673 gdk-pixbuf: Heap overflow and DoS vulnerability when scaling a TGA file
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact:
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Version: unspecifiedCC: jrusnack, mclasen, otte, security-response-team
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Fixed In Version: gdk-pixbuf 2.32.0 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Adam Mariš 2015-09-10 09:44:29 UTC
It was reported that heap overflow and DoS in gdk-pixbuf implementation occurs triggered by scaling TGA file. This library is used also by Firefox and Chromium, making them vulnerable.

Comment 13 Adam Mariš 2015-10-02 08:12:12 UTC
CVE request:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/1

Comment 14 Adam Mariš 2015-10-02 08:54:18 UTC
Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank Gustavo Grieco for reporting this issue.

Comment 15 Adam Mariš 2015-10-05 11:59:22 UTC
CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/18

Comment 16 Stefan Cornelius 2015-10-23 12:55:05 UTC
The infinite loop in RHEL6 is annoying but shouldn't qualify as security issue.