Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-29385

Title: DoS in GNOME gdk-pixbuf

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2020-29385.

CWE Category CWE-835
Published Date Dec 26, 2020
Modified Date Apr 29, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.48%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-29385: GNOME gdk-pixbuf (aka GdkPixbuf) before 2.42.2 allows a denial of service (infinite loop) in lzw.c in the function write_indexes. if c->self_code equals 10, self->code_table[10].extends will assign the value 11 to c. The next execution in the loop will assign self->code_table[11].extends to c, which will give the value of 10. This will make the loop run infinitely. This bug can, for example, be triggered by calling this function with a GIF image with LZW compression that is crafted in a special way.

Impacted Vendors

G
gnome 1

Reference Links

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=977166 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/blob/master/NEWS https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/issues/164 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B5H3GNVWMZTYZR3JBYCK57PF7PFMQBNP/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BGZVCTH5O7WBJLYXZ2UOKLYNIFPVR55D/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EANWYODLOJDFLMBH6WEKJJMQ5PKLEWML/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-15 https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-29385 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=977166 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/blob/master/NEWS https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/issues/164 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B5H3GNVWMZTYZR3JBYCK57PF7PFMQBNP/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BGZVCTH5O7WBJLYXZ2UOKLYNIFPVR55D/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EANWYODLOJDFLMBH6WEKJJMQ5PKLEWML/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-15 https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-29385
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-29385 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

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:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.