CVE-2017-6311

Publication date 9 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer.c in gdk-pixbuf allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via vectors related to printing an error message.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gdk-pixbuf	17.04 zesty	Fixed 2.36.5-3ubuntu0.2
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.7
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
gdk-pixbuf	Upstream: ?id=573 Upstream: ?id=758 Upstream: ?id=67a

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3418-1
GDK-PixBuf vulnerabilities
18 September 2017