Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-2975

Title: Infinite loop in gdk-pixbuf XPM handling (GTK+ before 2.8.7)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2005-2975.

CWE Category CWE-399

Published Date Nov 18, 2005

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.12%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2005-2975: 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.

Impacted Vendors

gnome 2

Reference Links

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-2975 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

November 18, 2005 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.