Exploitation in GdkPixBuf can be used to caused a denial of service or provide remote system access. . . .
Another highly critical image-based security hole has been found, sparking a flurry of patches from Linux vendors.
Exploitation in GdkPixBuf can be used to caused a denial of service or provide remote system access. There are several vulnerabilities here: one is a variant of the previous discovered Qt hole in bitmap images that can make an application run in an infinite loop.
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