CVE-2015-4491

CVE Details

Release Date:	2015-08-11
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

An integer overflow, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way gdk-pixbuf, an image loading library for GNOME, scaled certain bitmap format images. An attacker could use a specially crafted BMP image file that, when processed by an application compiled against the gdk-pixbuf library, would cause that application to crash or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2015-1586	2015-08-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2015-1682	2015-08-25
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2015-1586	2015-08-11
Oracle Linux version 6 (gdk-pixbuf2)	ELSA-2015-1694	2015-08-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2015-1682	2015-08-25
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2015-1586	2015-08-11
Oracle Linux version 7 (gdk-pixbuf2)	ELSA-2015-1694	2015-08-31
Oracle Linux version 7 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2015-1682	2015-08-25