USN-7662-1: GDK-PixBuf vulnerabilities

Publication date

22 July 2025

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in GDK-PixBuf.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that GDK-Pixbuf incorrectly handled certain
GIF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose
sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.04,
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2025-6199)

It was discovered that GDK-Pixbuf incorrectly handled certain JPEG files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-7345)

It was discovered that GDK-Pixbuf incorrectly handled certain
GIF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose
sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.04,
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2025-6199)

It was discovered that GDK-Pixbuf incorrectly handled certain JPEG files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-7345)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
25.04 plucky libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 –  2.42.12+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1
24.04 noble libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 –  2.42.10+dfsg-3ubuntu3.2
22.04 jammy libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 –  2.42.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4
20.04 focal libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 –  2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5+esm1  
18.04 bionic libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 –  2.36.11-2ubuntu0.1~esm2  
16.04 xenial libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 –  2.32.2-1ubuntu1.6+esm2  

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