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CVE-2015-7673

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-7673 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in gdk-pixbuf versions prior to 2.32.0, specifically within the io-tga.c component. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code by processing a specially crafted Truevision TGA (TARGA) image file, affecting various GNOME and openSUSE gdk-pixbuf implementations. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, medium complexity, and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.31.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdk-pixbuf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
5.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0545 is in the 90th 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 (3)

ubuntupatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gdk-pixbuf
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gdk-pixbuf2

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-7673Moderate

gdk-pixbuf: Heap overflow and DoS vulnerability when scaling a TGA file

Oct 1, 2015

References

ftp.gnome.org / pub/gnome/sources/gdk-pixbuf/2.32/gdk-pixbuf-2.32.0.news
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00124.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00006.html
git.gnome.org / browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit
git.gnome.org / browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit
git.gnome.org / browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201512-05
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3378
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/10/01/3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/10/02/9
securityfocus.com / bid/76953
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2767-1
Patch