Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-7673

Title: Gnome Gdk-Pixbuf RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-7673.

CWE Category CWE-119

Published Date Oct 26, 2015

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

5.45%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-7673: io-tga.c in gdk-pixbuf before 2.32.0 uses heap memory after its allocation failed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Truevision TGA (TARGA) file.

Impacted Vendors

gnome 1

Reference Links

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gdk-pixbuf/2.32/gdk-pixbuf-2.32.0.news http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00124.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00006.html http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3378 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/01/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/02/9 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76953 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2767-1 https://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=19f9685dbff7d1f929c61cf99188df917a18811d https://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=6ddca835100107e6b5841ce9d56074f6d98c387e https://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=edf6fb8d856574bc3bb3a703037f56533229267c https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-05 http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gdk-pixbuf/2.32/gdk-pixbuf-2.32.0.news http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00124.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00006.html http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3378 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/01/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/02/9 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76953 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2767-1 https://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=19f9685dbff7d1f929c61cf99188df917a18811d https://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=6ddca835100107e6b5841ce9d56074f6d98c387e https://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=edf6fb8d856574bc3bb3a703037f56533229267c https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-05

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-7673 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 26, 2015 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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.