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TITLE:
GTK+ BMP Loader Double Free Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14775

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
GTK+ 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/3909/

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.

SOLUTION:
Secunia is not currently aware of an official patch or updated
version addressing this issue.

Don't process untrusted BMP images in applications linked against
GTK+.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
David Costanzo

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