CVE-2021-44648 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/issues/136 https://sahildhar.github.io/blogpost/GdkPixbuf-Heap-Buffer-Overflow-in-lzw_decoder_new/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JEVTOGIJITK2N5AOOLKKMDIICZDQE6CH/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PEKBMOO52RXONWKB6ZKKHTVPLF6WC3KF/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8

CNNVD-202511-1358 (Published: 2025-11-12)

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