Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 1,109
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 1,109

Fedora 41 FEDORA-2025-be7e8114df important: uninitialized memory disclosure

fedora
Calendar Grey July 4, 2025
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The latest update for the MinGW GDK Pixbuf library in Fedora 41 addresses a critical vulnerability concerning the potential exposure of sensitive memory data.
Backport fix for CVE-2025-6199.

Summary

MinGW Windows GDK Pixbuf library.

Update Information:

Backport fix for CVE-2025-6199.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory fedora important gdk-pixbuf uninitialized memory CVE-2025-6199

Change Log

* Tue Jun 24 2025 Sandro Mani - 2.42.12-4 - Backport fix for CVE-2025-6199

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2373156 - CVE-2025-6199 mingw-gdk-pixbuf: Uninitialized Memory Disclosure in GdkPixbuf GIF LZW Decoder [fedora-41] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2373156 [ 2 ] Bug #2373166 - CVE-2025-6199 mingw-gdk-pixbuf: Uninitialized Memory Disclosure in GdkPixbuf GIF LZW Decoder [fedora-42] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2373166

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-be7e8114df' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Name: mingw-gdk-pixbuf
Product: Fedora 41
Version: 2.42.12
Release: 4.fc41
URL: http://www.gtk.org
Summary: MinGW Windows GDK Pixbuf library

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory fedora important gdk-pixbuf uninitialized memory CVE-2025-6199

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Your message here