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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-2975 · published 18 November 2005

CVE-2005-2975: Gnome gdkpixbuf vulnerability

Gnome · Gdkpixbuf

io-xpm.c in the gdk-pixbuf XPM image rendering library in GTK+ before 2.8.7 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XPM image with a large number of colors.

7.8 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 3.7% · top 10.5% CWE-399 · CWE-399
7.8CVSS 2.0 base score
3.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
52References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

io-xpm.c in the gdk-pixbuf XPM image rendering library in GTK+ before 2.8.7 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XPM image with a large number of colors.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/17522 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17538 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17562 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17588 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17591 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17592 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17594 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17615 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17657 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17710 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17770 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17791 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015216 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-229.pdf Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-911 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-913 Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-14.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:214 Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_65_gtk2.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-810.html PatchThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-811.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428052/100/0/threaded Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15429 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-216-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2433 Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9697 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17522 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17538 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17562 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17588 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17591 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17592 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17594 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17615 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17657 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17710 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17770 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17791 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015216 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-229.pdf Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-2975), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.