CVE-2011-2485 - Aggrieved Estimate

Description

The gdk_pixbuf__gif_image_load function in gdk-pixbuf/io-gif.c in gdk-pixbuf before 2.23.5 does not properly handle certain return values which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted GIF image file.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/49715 http://secunia.com/advisories/45656 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-20.xml http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=f8569bb13e2aa1584dde61ca545144750f7a7c98 http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdk-pixbuf/2.23/gdk-pixbuf-2.23.5.news