Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libgig package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.47% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-LIBGIG-11748275
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed20 Jul 2018

Introduced: 20 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-14459  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:14 libgig.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgig package and not the libgig package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in libgig 4.1.0. There is an out-of-bounds write in pData[0] access in the function store16 in helper.h.