Out-of-bounds Read The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libgig (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-LIBGIG-313050
- published28 Aug 2017
- disclosed28 Aug 2017
Introduced: 28 Aug 2017
CVE-2017-12951 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgig package and not the libgig package as distributed by Ubuntu.
The gig::DimensionRegion::CreateVelocityTable function in gig.cpp in libgig 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted gig file.