CVE-2005-2976

Integer overflow in io-xpm.c in gdk-pixbuf 0.22.0 in GTK+ before 2.8.7 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via an XPM file with large height, width, and colour values, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3186.

Published: 2005-11-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2976 is rated Moderate Risk (56.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.72%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2976

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 3.06% 1.72% -1.34%
2 2025-03-29 1.72% 3.06% +1.34%
3 2025-03-19 — 1.72% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2976

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2976

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-2976

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2005-2976 medium priority: Debian including 2 source packages (gdk-pixbuf, gtk+2.0), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2976
gentoo normal CVE-2005-2976: 1 GLSA(s) (200511-14), 2 atom(s) (media-libs/gdk-pixbuf, x11-libs/gtk+); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-2976
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2976
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-2976 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gdk-pixbuf), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-2976

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2005-2976

  • Red Hat (2007-03-14T00:00:00)

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2976

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome gdkpixbuf 0.22 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdkpixbuf:0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gtk < 2.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2976

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/17522 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17538 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17562 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17592 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17594 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17615 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17657 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17710 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17770 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17791 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015216 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-229.pdf Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-911 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-913 Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-14.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:214 Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_65_gtk2.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-810.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428052/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15428 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-216-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2433 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11370 Broken Link
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