CVE-2004-0783

HIGH 7.5CVE-2004-0783 · Published 20/10/2004 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2004-0783 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting gdkpixbuf (gnome), gtk (gnome).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 9.4%, higher than 95.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
gdkpixbuf gnome	`= 0.17= 0.18= 0.20= 0.22`	No fix yet
gtk gnome	`= 2.0.2= 2.0.6= 2.2.1= 2.2.3= 2.2.4`	No fix yet

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in xpm_extract_color (io-xpm.c) in the XPM image decoder for gtk+ 2.4.4 (gtk2) and earlier, and gdk-pixbuf before 0.22, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a certain color string. NOTE: this identifier is ONLY for gtk+. It was incorrectly referenced in an advisory for a different issue (CVE-2004-0688).

References

distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes · Third Party Advisory
marc.info · Third Party Advisory
scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2004-005.txt · Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/17657 · Broken Link
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do · Third Party Advisory
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/369358 · Third Party Advisory
mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php · Third Party Advisory
mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php · Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com/security/advisories · Broken Link
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-447.html · Patch
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-466.html · Patch

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

gdkpixbuf

gnome

= 0.17= 0.18= 0.20= 0.22

No fix yet

gtk

gnome

= 2.0.2= 2.0.6= 2.2.1= 2.2.3= 2.2.4

No fix yet

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