CVE-2015-8875

Publication date 1 June 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gdk-pixbuf	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.6
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.26.1-1ubuntu1.5

Notes

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in their wheezy update, debian identified this fix as CVE-2015-7674-part2.patch (in 2.26.1-1+deb7u4).

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
gdk-pixbuf	Upstream: ?id=dbf

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3085-1
GDK-PixBuf vulnerabilities
21 September 2016