CVE-2017-6314

Publication date 9 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

The make_available_at_least function in io-tiff.c in gdk-pixbuf allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a large TIFF file.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gdk-pixbuf 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Fixed 2.36.11-1ubuntu0.1
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.4
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.8
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package Patch details
gdk-pixbuf

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.5 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3532-1
    • GDK-PixBuf vulnerabilities
    • 15 January 2018

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