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CVE-2005-2976

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2976 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in gdk-pixbuf 0.22.0 in GTK+ before 2.8.7, affecting products like GNOME gdkpixbuf and GTK. This flaw allows attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted XPM file with excessively large dimensions and color values. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity for remote exploitation. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdkpixbuf:0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.8.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0443 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-13.el3.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-17.el4.3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2976Important

security flaw

Nov 15, 2005

References

secunia.com / advisories/17522
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17538
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17562
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17592
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17594
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17615
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17657
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17710
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17770
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17791
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11370
Broken Link
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-229.pdf
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-911
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-913
Third Party Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-14.xml
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_65_gtk2.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-810.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/428052/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/15428
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-216-1
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2433
Broken LinkVendor Advisory