CVE-2021-46829

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka GDK-PixBuf) when compositing or clearing frames in GIF files. The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing GIF images. This flaw allows an attacker to create a specially crafted GIF image, trick the victim into opening it, triggering an out-of-bounds write, which allows executing arbitrary code on the target system or causing a potential crash.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux - 6, 7, and 8 are not affected because there is no presence of vulnerable function/code in our code-base.

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