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Fencer Vulns
high 7.1

CVE-2017-6313 json

Integer underflow in the load_resources function in io-icns.c in gdk-pixbuf allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service…

published 2017-03-10 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-15374

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer underflow in the load_resources function in io-icns.c in gdk-pixbuf allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and program crash) via a crafted image entry size in an ICO file.

Patch / fix

  • gnome gdk-pixbuf 2.36.12
  • gdk-pixbuf Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.36.11-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6313

  • gdk-pixbuf Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.8
  • gdk-pixbuf Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6313

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 2.18.9-0.45.8.1
  • gdk-pixbuf SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 2.34.0-19.5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:2470-1SUSE-SU-2017:2381-1

  • gdk-pixbuf openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.42.6-3.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10779-1

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-2017-6313 updated cvss 4.4

gdk-pixbuf: Integer underflow in io-icns.c

  • 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gdk-pixbuf2
    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

1.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/21/4 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

References

Sources

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