CVE-2011-2485

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-07-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The gdk_pixbuf__gif_image_load function in gdk-pixbuf/io-gif.c in gdk-pixbuf before 2.23.5 does not properly handle certain return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted GIF image file.

Affected products

GNOME Gdk-Pixbuf: through 2.23.3; 2.22.1

References

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdk-pixbuf/2.23/gdk-pixbuf-2.23.5.news
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=f8569bb13e2aa1584dde61ca545144750f7a7c98
http://secunia.com/advisories/45656
http://secunia.com/advisories/49715
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-20.xml
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdk-pixbuf/2.23/gdk-pixbuf-2.23.5.news
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=f8569bb13e2aa1584dde61ca545144750f7a7c98
http://secunia.com/advisories/45656
http://secunia.com/advisories/49715
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-20.xml

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