A flaw was found in gdk-pixbuf. When parsing a specially crafted ICO file with pixel values that exceed the defined palette range, an out-of-bounds read can occur due to improper bounds checking against the actual palette size. This vulnerability causes heap bytes to be interpreted as valid palette indices and rendered as RGB pixel values in the output image, allowing an attacker to extract heap content via the generated output, such as a thumbnail.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - A flaw was found in gdk-pixbuf. When parsing a specially crafted ICO file with pixel values that exceed
    the defined palette range, an out-of-bounds read can occur due to improper bounds checking against the
    actual palette size. This vulnerability causes heap bytes to be interpreted as valid palette indices and
    rendered as RGB pixel values in the output image, allowing an attacker to extract heap content via the
    generated output, such as a thumbnail. (CVE-2026-16768)

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-16f1152378 advisory.

    Backport fixes for CVE-2026-16768 and CVE-2026-81893.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 45 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-26573b6029 advisory.

    Backport fixes for CVE-2026-16768 and CVE-2026-81893.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-4e6575b35f advisory.

    Backport fixes for CVE-2026-16768 and CVE-2026-81893.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 45 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-f55d6fc9f8 advisory.

    Fixes https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-81893

    ----

    Fixes CVE-2026-16768: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16768


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-cf5d926f46 advisory.

    Fixes https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-81893

    ----

    Fixes CVE-2026-16768: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16768



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-461d7d7380 advisory.

    Fixes CVE-2026-16768: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16768

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A flaw was found in gdk-pixbuf. When parsing a specially crafted ICO file with pixel values that exceed     the defined palette range, an out-of-bounds read can occur due to improper bounds checking against the     actual palette size. This vulnerability causes heap bytes to be interpreted as valid palette indices and     rendered as RGB pixel values in the output image, allowing an attacker to extract heap content via the     generated output, such as a thumbnail. (CVE-2026-16768)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
472738	Echo: gdk-pixbuf: security update to 2.42.12+dfsg-4+e6	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
472738	Echo: gdk-pixbuf: security update to 2.42.12+dfsg-4+e6	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
350083	Fedora 44 : mingw-gdk-pixbuf (2026-16f1152378)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
349929	Fedora 45 : mingw-gdk-pixbuf (2026-26573b6029)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
349928	Fedora 43 : mingw-gdk-pixbuf (2026-4e6575b35f)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
344873	Fedora 45 : gdk-pixbuf2 (2026-f55d6fc9f8)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
344492	Fedora 43 : gdk-pixbuf2 (2026-cf5d926f46)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
341809	Fedora 44 : gdk-pixbuf2 (2026-461d7d7380)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
329398	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-16768	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

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