CVE-2005-2976

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% 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-190

Description

Integer overflow in io-xpm.c in gdk-pixbuf 0.22.0 in GTK+ before 2.8.7 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via an XPM file with large height, width, and colour values, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3186.

Affected products

GNOME Gdkpixbuf: 0.22
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/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
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015216
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-229.pdf

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