CVE-2017-12447

gdk-pixbuf: heap-based overflow caused by invalid palette size

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.8

CVSS 3.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · August 8, 2017

Updated · January 14, 2026

Description

GdkPixBuf (aka gdk-pixbuf), possibly 2.32.2, as used by GNOME Nautilus 3.14.3 on Ubuntu 16.04, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file folder.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of gdk-pixbuf2 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.

This issue affects the versions of gdk-pixbuf as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Extended Life Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption