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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2013-7447

medium Nessus Plugin ID 218268

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

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

 - Integer overflow in the gdk_cairo_set_source_pixbuf function in gdk/gdkcairo.c in GTK+ before 3.9.8, as used in eom, gnome-photos, eog, gambas3, thunar, pinpoint, and possibly other applications, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large image file, which triggers a large memory allocation. (CVE-2013-7447)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-7447

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7447

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 218268

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2013_7447.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/10/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-7447

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gtk2-immodules, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:thunar, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gtk2-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gtk2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gtk2-immodule-xim, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gtk2-immodules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gtk2-devel-docs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gnome-photos, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gambas3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gtk2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gtk2-devel-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gtk2-immodule-xim, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pinpoint, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gtk2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-7447