CVE-2017-1000422

Publication date 2 January 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Gnome gdk-pixbuf 2.36.8 and older is vulnerable to several integer overflow in the gif_get_lzw function resulting in memory corruption and potential code execution

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gdk-pixbuf	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.4
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.8

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
gdk-pixbuf	Upstream: ?id=001

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3532-1
GDK-PixBuf vulnerabilities
15 January 2018