CVE-2005-2975

Description

io-xpm.c in the gdk-pixbuf XPM image rendering library in GTK+ before 2.8.7 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XPM image with a large number of colors.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 11.89% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_65_gtk2.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-14.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17710 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428052/100/0/threaded broken link vdb entry third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-911 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17562 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17615 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-811.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17522 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2433 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-913 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17538 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-216-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:214 vendor advisory broken link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015216 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17591 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17770 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15429 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17594 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17588 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17592 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17791 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9697 vdb entry signature broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17657 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-810.html third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-229.pdf third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2975?
CVE-2005-2975 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-2975?
To fix CVE-2005-2975, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-2975 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2005-2975 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~12% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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