Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-8875

Title: Gnome Gdk-Pixbuf RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-8875.

CWE Category CWE-189
Published Date Jun 01, 2016
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.8 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.77%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-8875: Multiple integer overflows in the (1) pixops_composite_nearest, (2) pixops_composite_color_nearest, and (3) pixops_process functions in pixops/pixops.c in gdk-pixbuf before 2.33.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impacted Vendors

G
gnome 1

Reference Links

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3589 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/12/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/16/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/7 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3085-1 https://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=dbfe8f70471864818bf458a39c8a99640895bd22 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3589 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/12/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/16/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/7 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3085-1 https://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=dbfe8f70471864818bf458a39c8a99640895bd22
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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-2015-8875 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.