Out-of-bounds Write Affecting gif2apng package, versions <1.9+srconly-3+deb11u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-GIF2APNG-2327147
  • published28 Dec 2021
  • disclosed28 Dec 2021

Introduced: 28 Dec 2021

CVE-2021-45909  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 gif2apng to version 1.9+srconly-3+deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gif2apng package and not the gif2apng package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in gif2apng 1.9. There is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the DecodeLZW function. It allows an attacker to write a large amount of arbitrary data outside the boundaries of a buffer.

CVSS Scores

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