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GTK+ BMP Loader Double Free Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA14775
Release Date: 2005-03-31
Popularity: 7,602 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:GTK+ 2.x

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Description:
David Costanzo has reported a vulnerability in GTK+, which can be exploited by malicious people to crash certain applications on a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a double free error in the BMP loader. This can be exploited to crash an application linked against GTK+ when a specially crafted BMP image is processed.

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