CVE-2012-2370: gnome gdk-pixbuf Numeric Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-2370 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Numeric Errors vulnerability in gnome gdk-pixbuf. EPSS estimates a 4.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 13-08-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the read_bitmap_file_data function in io-xbm.c in gdk-pixbuf before 2.26.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a negative (1) height or (2) width in an XBM file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
4.10%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
91%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 4.10% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (bugs.launchpad.net)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (git.gnome.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Redhat3 products
- gtk2< 0:2.10.4-29.el5
- gtk2-debuginfo< 0:2.10.4-29.el5
- gtk2-devel< 0:2.10.4-29.el5
Debian1 product
- gdk-pixbuf< 2.26.1-1
Gnome1 product
- gdk-pixbuf≤ 2.26.0 | 2.23.3 | 2.23.4 | 2.23.5 | 2.24.0 | 2.24.1 | 2.25.0 | 2.25.2
3 vendors · 5 products
References
23 links- git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=b1bb3053856aede37d473c92f0e5a10e29f10516X Refsource CONFIRMPatch
- git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=4f0f465f991cd454d03189497f923eb40c170c22X Refsource CONFIRMExploitPatch
Show all 23 references
- git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/X Refsource MISC