CVE-2015-7673

medium

Published 2015-10-26 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.8

Description

io-tga.c in gdk-pixbuf before 2.32.0 uses heap memory after its allocation failed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Truevision TGA (TARGA) file.

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

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
13.2	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.32.0-1`
sid	Fixed	`2.32.0-1`
forky	Fixed	`2.32.0-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.32.0-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.32.0-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
gnome	gdk-pixbuf	`{"endIncluding":"2.31.4"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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

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