Out-of-Bounds The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package giflib  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-GIFLIB-621307
  • published21 Apr 2016
  • disclosed21 Apr 2016

Introduced: 21 Apr 2016

CVE-2016-3977  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream giflib package and not the giflib package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Heap-based buffer overflow in util/gif2rgb.c in gif2rgb in giflib 5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via the background color index in a GIF file.