CVE-2005-2975 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite loop in GTK+ XPM rendering by providing a crafted image with many colors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-2975?
CVE-2005-2975 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Nov 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
io-xpm.c in the gdk-pixbuf XPM image rendering library in GTK+ before 2.8.7 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XPM image with a large number of colors.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2975?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Gnome Gdkpixbuf, Gnome Gtk.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2975?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2005-2975 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2975 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2975, GHSA-phx5-g4g8-gf47.