CVE-2011-2897 Memory corruption in gdk-pixbuf

What is CVE-2011-2897?

CVE-2011-2897 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 12 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

gdk-pixbuf through 2.31.1 has GIF loader buffer overflow when initializing decompression tables due to an input validation flaw

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2897?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Gnome Gdk-Pixbuf, Redhat Enterprise Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2897?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-2897 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2011-2897 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2897 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-37hm-5m3h-f5px.