--- gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0/gdk-pixbuf/io-xpm.c.largecol	2005-10-31 10:12:13.000000000 -0500

+++ gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0/gdk-pixbuf/io-xpm.c	2005-10-31 10:13:40.000000000 -0500

@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@

 		/* Fall through to the xpm_read_string. */

 	case op_body:

-		xpm_read_string (h->infile, &h->buffer, &h->buffer_size);

+		if(!xpm_read_string (h->infile, &h->buffer, &h->buffer_size))

+			return NULL;

 		return h->buffer;

 	default: