Out-of-Bounds Affecting giflib package, versions [,5.1.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GIFLIB-2381059
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed13 Apr 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Apr 2016

CVE-2015-7555  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade giflib to version 5.1.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Heap-based buffer overflow in giffix.c in giffix in giflib 5.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) via crafted image and logical screen width fields in a GIF file.

CVSS Base Scores

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