CVE-2020-29385 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in GNOME gdk-pixbuf (GdkPixbuf) versions prior to 2.42.2, affecting various distributions including Canonical, Fedora, and Ubuntu. This flaw, specifically in the lzw.c write_indexes function, can be triggered by a specially crafted GIF image with LZW compression, leading to an infinite loop. Rated 5.5 MEDIUM (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to achieve a high impact denial of service (A:H), with no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low immediate threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
> 2.39.2, < 2.42.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdk-pixbuf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
20.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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