Buffer Overflow Affecting giflib package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-GIFLIB-5877059
  • published 31 Aug 2023
  • disclosed 25 Aug 2023

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 giflib.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream giflib package and not the giflib package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

giflib v5.2.1 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component getarg.c.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

2.8 low