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CVE-2021-20240

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 2.35%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-05-28 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2021-20240
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
2.35%

Original NVD Description

A flaw was found in gdk-pixbuf in versions before 2.42.0. An integer wraparound leading to an out of bounds write can occur when a crafted GIF image is loaded. An attacker may cause applications to crash or could potentially execute code on the victim system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

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