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CVE-2015-4491

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-4491 describes an integer overflow in the gdk-pixbuf library, specifically within the make_filter_table function. This flaw affects various Linux-based products, including Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Google Chrome, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through crafted bitmap dimensions during image scaling. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring moderate attack complexity to achieve partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.31.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdk-pixbuf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0840 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gdk-pixbuf2-0:2.28.2-5.ael7b_1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:38.2.0-4.el5_11
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:38.2.0-4.el5_11
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:38.2.0-4.el6_7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:38.2.0-4.el6_7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: gdk-pixbuf2-0:2.24.1-6.el6_7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: firefox-0:38.2.0-4.el7_1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: thunderbird-0:38.2.0-1.el7_1
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-4491Important

Mozilla: Heap overflow in gdk-pixbuf when scaling bitmap images (MFSA 2015-88)

Aug 11, 2015

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165701.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165703.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165730.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165732.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00002.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1586.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1682.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1694.html
bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
git.gnome.org / browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201512-05
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201605-06
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3337
mozilla.org / security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-88.html
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1033247
securitytracker.com / id/1033372
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2702-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2702-2
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2702-3
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2712-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2722-1