Bug 2043722 (CVE-2021-44648) - CVE-2021-44648 gdk-pixbuf: heap-buffer overflow when decoding the lzw compressed stream of image data
Summary: CVE-2021-44648 gdk-pixbuf: heap-buffer overflow when decoding the lzw compres...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2021-44648
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2044345 2044346 2046622 2049411
Blocks: 2043718
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-01-21 20:25 UTC by Todd Cullum
Modified: 2023-05-09 14:47 UTC (History)
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A flaw was found in gdk-pixbuf. The vulnerability occurs due to the index overwriting in the lzw_decoder_new function, leading to a heap buffer overflow. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted GIF file, leading to a crash or code execution.
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Last Closed: 2023-05-09 14:47:02 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:2216 0 None None None 2023-05-09 07:18:06 UTC

Description Todd Cullum 2022-01-21 20:25:11 UTC 
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.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2021-44648
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-44648
http://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2021-44648/
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/issues/136
https://sahildhar.github.io/blogpost/GdkPixbuf-Heap-Buffer-Overflow-in-lzw_decoder_new/
Comment 3 Sandipan Roy 2022-01-27 05:16:41 UTC 
Created gdk-pixbuf2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2046622]
Comment 4 Sandipan Roy 2022-02-02 07:36:05 UTC 
Created mingw-gdk-pixbuf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2049411]
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-09 07:18:04 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:2216 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2216
Comment 6 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-05-09 14:46:59 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-44648
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