gtk+2.0 — security advisory
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).
- Products
- gtk+2.0
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.4.9-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2004-0783
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:25 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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).
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0783
gtk+2.0
Fixed versions: 2.4.9-2
gtk+2.0
Fixed versions: 2.4.9-2
gtk+2.0
Fixed versions: 2.4.9-2
Complete source record
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