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high 7.8

CVE-2022-48622 json

In GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka gdk-pixbuf) through 2.42.10, the ANI (Windows animated cursor) decoder encounters heap memory corruption (in ani_lo…

published 2024-01-26 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-51317

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka gdk-pixbuf) through 2.42.10, the ANI (Windows animated cursor) decoder encounters heap memory corruption (in ani_load_chunk in io-ani.c) when parsing chunks in a crafted .ani file. A crafted file could allow an attacker to overwrite heap metadata, leading to a denial of service or code execution attack. This occurs in gdk_pixbuf_set_option() in gdk-pixbuf.c.

Patch / fix

  • gdk-pixbuf Debian 12 2.42.10+dfsg-1+deb12u1
  • gdk-pixbuf Debian 14, Debian 13 2.42.12+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48622

  • gdk-pixbuf Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5
  • gdk-pixbuf Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.42.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3
  • gdk-pixbuf Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 2.42.10+dfsg-3ubuntu3.1
  • gdk-pixbuf Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.6+esm1
  • gdk-pixbuf Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 2.36.11-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48622

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

  • gdk-pixbuf2 RHEL 9 2.42.6-4.el9_4
  • gdk-pixbuf2-modules RHEL 9 2.42.6-4.el9_4
  • gdk-pixbuf2 RHEL 8 2.36.12-6.el8_10
  • gdk-pixbuf2-xlib RHEL 8 2.36.12-6.el8_10
  • gdk-pixbuf2-modules RHEL 8 2.36.12-6.el8_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:3834RHSA-2024:3341

  • gdk-pixbuf Linux Micro 6.0 2.42.12-1.1
  • gdk-pixbuf SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, SLE Micro 5.5, SLE Micro 5.4 +10 more 2.42.12-150400.5.9.1
  • gdk-pixbuf SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 2.42.12-150600.3.3.1
  • gdk-pixbuf SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +5 more 2.40.0-150200.3.12.1
  • gdk-pixbuf SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 2.34.0-19.20.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:20217-1SUSE-SU-2024:2077-2SUSE-SU-2024:2077-1SUSE-SU-2024:2076-1SUSE-SU-2024:1842-1SUSE-SU-2024:1699-1

  • gdk-pixbuf openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.42.12-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13967-1

  • gdk-pixbuf2 AlmaLinux 9 2.42.6-4.el9_4
  • gdk-pixbuf2-modules AlmaLinux 9 2.42.6-4.el9_4
  • gdk-pixbuf2 AlmaLinux 8 2.36.12-6.el8_10
  • gdk-pixbuf2-xlib AlmaLinux 8 2.36.12-6.el8_10
  • gdk-pixbuf2-modules AlmaLinux 8 2.36.12-6.el8_10

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:3834ALSA-2024:3341

  • gdk-pixbuf2 Rocky Linux 9 2.42.6-4.el9_4
  • gdk-pixbuf2 Rocky Linux 8 2.36.12-6.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2024:3834RLSA-2024:3341

  • gdk-pixbuf Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +5 more 2.42.12-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-48622

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • gdk-pixbuf2 CBL-Mariner 2.0 2.40.0-6
  • gdk-pixbuf2 Azure Linux 3.0 2.42.10-2

azure linux advisories AZL-34069AZL-34726

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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-2022-48622 updated cvss 7.3

gnome: heap memory corruption on gdk-pixbuf

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gdk-pixbuf2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gdk-pixbuf2, gdk-pixbuf2-tests
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “This flaw can be mitigated by the user avoiding to load .ani files from untrusted sources.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) gdk-pixbuf2-modules 2.36.12-6.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix “This flaw can be mitigated by the user avoiding to load .ani files from untrusted sources.” RHSA-2024:3341
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) gdk-pixbuf2 2.42.6-4.el9_4, gdk-pixbuf2-modules 2.42.6-4.el9_4
    fixed: vendor fix “This flaw can be mitigated by the user avoiding to load .ani files from untrusted sources.” RHSA-2024:3834
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) gdk-pixbuf2 2.36.12-6.el8_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) gdk-pixbuf2-xlib 2.36.12-6.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix “This flaw can be mitigated by the user avoiding to load .ani files from untrusted sources.” RHSA-2024:3341

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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.gnome.org https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/issues/202 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • gnome gdkpixbuf

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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