Use After Free Affecting gifsicle package, versions <1.90-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.67% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-GIFSICLE-339650
  • published2 Jan 2018
  • disclosed2 Jan 2018

Introduced: 2 Jan 2018

CVE-2017-1000421  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable gifsicle to version 1.90-1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

Gifsicle gifview 1.89 and older is vulnerable to a use-after-free in the read_gif function resulting potential code execution