CVE-2005-2975

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-11-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

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.

Affected products

GNOME Gdkpixbuf: all versions
GNOME Gtk: before 2.8.7 — fixed in 2.8.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GNOME Gtk 2.8.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17522
http://secunia.com/advisories/17538
http://secunia.com/advisories/17562
http://secunia.com/advisories/17588
http://secunia.com/advisories/17591
http://secunia.com/advisories/17592
http://secunia.com/advisories/17594
http://secunia.com/advisories/17615
http://secunia.com/advisories/17657
http://secunia.com/advisories/17710
http://secunia.com/advisories/17770
http://secunia.com/advisories/17791

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