CVE-2020-29385

GNOME gdk-pixbuf (aka GdkPixbuf) before 2.42.2 allows a denial of service (infinite loop) in lzw.c in the function write_indexes

published December 26, 2020

CVSS
—
EPSS
2%
Percentile
74.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

GNOME gdk-pixbuf (aka GdkPixbuf) before 2.42.2 allows a denial of service (infinite loop) in lzw.c in the function write_indexes. if c->self_code equals 10, self->code_table[10].extends will assign the value 11 to c. The next execution in the loop will assign self->code_table[11].extends to c, which will give the value of 10. This will make the loop run infinitely. This bug can, for example, be triggered by calling this function with a GIF image with LZW compression that is crafted in a special way.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01541 · 74.7th percentile
Published
2020-12-26T02:01Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 DEC 02:01Z
    GNOME gdk-pixbuf (aka GdkPixbuf) before 2.42.2 allows a denial of service (infinite loop) in lzw.c in the function write_indexes
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