CVE-2017-6311 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2017-6311?

CVE-2017-6311 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 10 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer.c in gdk-pixbuf allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via vectors related to printing an error message.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6311?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Gnome Gdk-Pixbuf.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6311?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2017-6311 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6311 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 ALPINE-CVE-2017-6311, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6311, GHSA-7g6q-p622-3mgr, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6311.