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Mageia 8 MGASA-2022-0269 Critical: Gdk-Pixbuf Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey July 29, 2022
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Mageia's MGASA-2022-0270 outlines a vital gdk-pixbuf2.0 security patch addressing a memory corruption vulnerability.
It was discovered that gdk-pixbuf contained a buffer overwrite in io-gif-animation.c composite_frame() exploitable using a crafted GIF (CVE-2021-46829)

Summary

It was discovered that gdk-pixbuf contained a buffer overwrite in io-gif-animation.c composite_frame() exploitable using a crafted GIF (CVE-2021-46829).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30662

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/23/1

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/25/1

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46829

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue buffer overflow critical software patch gdk-pixbuf Mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/gdk-pixbuf2.0-2.42.2-1.1.mga8

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Publication date: 29 Jul 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0269.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-46829

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue buffer overflow critical software patch gdk-pixbuf Mageia

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