CVE-2015-4491

medium
Published 2015-08-16 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Integer overflow in the make_filter_table function in pixops/pixops.c in gdk-pixbuf before 2.31.5, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 on Linux, Google Chrome on Linux, and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) via crafted bitmap dimensions that are mishandled during scaling.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

fedora Fedora Affected 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
22 Affected โ€”
21 Affected โ€”
suse SUSE Affected 3 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
13.2 Affected โ€”
13.1 Affected โ€”
โ€” Affected โ€”
ubuntu Ubuntu Affected 3 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
15.04 Affected โ€”
14.04 Affected โ€”
12.04 Affected โ€”
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 2.31.7-1
sid Fixed 2.31.7-1
forky Fixed 2.31.7-1
bullseye Fixed 2.31.7-1
bookworm Fixed 2.31.7-1
linux Linux kernel Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
โ€” Not affected โ€”

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gnomegdk-pixbuf{"endIncluding":"2.31.4"}
gcp googlechrome-
mozilla mozillafirefox{"endIncluding":"39.0.3"}
mozilla mozillafirefox38.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox38.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox38.1.0

References

CWEs

CWE-189

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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