CVE-2017-6312

Publication date 9 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Integer overflow in io-ico.c in gdk-pixbuf allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and application crash) via a crafted image entry offset in an ICO file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read, related to compiler optimizations.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gdk-pixbuf	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Fixed 2.36.11-1ubuntu0.1
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.4
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.8
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
gdk-pixbuf	Upstream: dec9ca2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3532-1
GDK-PixBuf vulnerabilities
15 January 2018