Double Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package giflib  (opens in a new tab)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-UBUNTU1710-GIFLIB-621629
  • published23 Jan 2017
  • disclosed23 Jan 2017

Introduced: 23 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-3177  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:17.10.

NVD Description

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

Multiple use-after-free and double-free vulnerabilities in gifcolor.c in GIFLIB 5.1.2 have unspecified impact and attack vectors.