Out-of-Bounds Affecting giflib package, versions <5.1.2-0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-GIFLIB-429807
  • published13 Apr 2016
  • disclosed13 Apr 2016

Introduced: 13 Apr 2016

CVE-2015-7555  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 giflib to version 5.1.2-0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream giflib package and not the giflib package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based buffer overflow in giffix.c in giffix in giflib 5.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) via crafted image and logical screen width fields in a GIF file.

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