CVE-2015-7552

Publication date 18 April 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the gdk_pixbuf_flip function in gdk-pixbuf-scale.c in gdk-pixbuf 2.30.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP file.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gdk-pixbuf	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.6
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.26.1-1ubuntu1.5

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
gdk-pixbuf	Upstream: ?id=7b1 Upstream: ?id=ca7 Upstream: ?id=b7b Upstream: ?id=4f6

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3085-1
GDK-PixBuf vulnerabilities
21 September 2016