CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-0891

Double Free

Published: May 02, 2005 | Modified: Feb 02, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
UNTRIAGED

Double free vulnerability in gtk 2 (gtk2) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted BMP image.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Gtk Gnome 2.0.0 (including) 2.2.4 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 RedHat gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-12.el3 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 RedHat gtk2-0:2.2.4-15 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RedHat gdk-pixbuf-1:0.22.0-16.el4 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RedHat gtk2-0:2.4.13-14 *
Gdk-pixbuf Ubuntu dapper *
Gdk-pixbuf Ubuntu devel *
Gdk-pixbuf Ubuntu edgy *
Gdk-pixbuf Ubuntu feisty *
Gtk+2.0 Ubuntu dapper *
Gtk+2.0 Ubuntu devel *
Gtk+2.0 Ubuntu edgy *
Gtk+2.0 Ubuntu feisty *

Potential Mitigations

References