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high 7.5

CVE-2005-0891 json

Double free vulnerability in gtk 2 (gtk2) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted BMP image.

published 2005-04-01 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0892

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.5%
EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Double free vulnerability in gtk 2 (gtk2) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted BMP image.

Patch / fix

  • gnome gtk 2.2.4
  • gtk+2.0 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.6.4-1
  • gdk-pixbuf Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.22.0-7.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0891

  • gdk-pixbuf RHEL 3 1:0.22.0-12.el3
  • gdk-pixbuf RHEL 4 1:0.22.0-16.el4
  • gdk-pixbuf-gnome RHEL 3 1:0.22.0-12.el3
  • gtk2 RHEL 3 2.2.4-15
  • gtk2 RHEL 4 2.4.13-14

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:343RHSA-2005:344

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-0891 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 gtk2 2.2.4-15, gdk-pixbuf 0.22.0-12.el3, gdk-pixbuf-gnome 0.22.0-12.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 gtk2 2.2.4-15, gdk-pixbuf 0.22.0-12.el3, gdk-pixbuf-gnome 0.22.0-12.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 gtk2 2.4.13-14, gdk-pixbuf 0.22.0-16.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 gtk2 2.4.13-14, gdk-pixbuf 0.22.0-16.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 gtk2 2.2.4-15, gdk-pixbuf 0.22.0-12.el3, gdk-pixbuf-gnome 0.22.0-12.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 gtk2 2.4.13-14, gdk-pixbuf 0.22.0-16.el4
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 gtk2 2.2.4-15, gdk-pixbuf 0.22.0-12.el3, gdk-pixbuf-gnome 0.22.0-12.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 gtk2 2.4.13-14, gdk-pixbuf 0.22.0-16.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:343

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Exploit prediction

3.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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