CVE-2016-6352 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-6352?

CVE-2016-6352 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 3 Oct 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The OneLine32 function in io-ico.c in gdk-pixbuf before 2.35.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) via crafted dimensions in an ICO file.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6352?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Gnome Gdk-Pixbuf, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6352?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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

Is CVE-2016-6352 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6352 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6352, GHSA-mrq8-qgpv-5qqv, MGASA-2016-0322, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6352.