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high 7.5

CVE-2016-6352 json

The OneLine32 function in io-ico.c in gdk-pixbuf before 2.35.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write an…

published 2016-10-03 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-7275

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.9%
EPSS 3.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The OneLine32 function in io-ico.c in gdk-pixbuf before 2.35.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) via crafted dimensions in an ICO file.

Patch / fix

  • gdk-pixbuf Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.35.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6352

  • gdk-pixbuf Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.6
  • gdk-pixbuf Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6352

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • gtk2 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 2.18.9-0.44.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:2532-1

  • gdk-pixbuf openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.36.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10453-1

  • lib32-gdk-pixbuf2 Arch Linux 2.36.0+2+ga7c869a-1
  • gdk-pixbuf2 Arch Linux 2.36.0+2+ga7c869a-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1AVG-2

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-2016-6352 updated cvss 6.5

gdk-pixbuf: Out-of-bounds write in OneLine32() function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gdk-pixbuf2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gdk-pixbuf2, gdk-pixbuf2-tests Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 mingw-virt-viewer, mingw32-virt-viewer, mingw64-virt-viewer
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gdk-pixbuf
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • git.gnome.org https://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=88af50a864195da1a4f7bda5f02539704fbda599 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/11 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugzilla.gnome.org https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=769170 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/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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