CVE-2010-4695

gif2png 2.5.1-2.5.2 - Path Traversal via Command-Line Argument

Title source: llm

Description

A certain Fedora patch for gif2png.c in gif2png 2.5.1 and 2.5.2, as distributed in gif2png-2.5.1-1200.fc12 on Fedora 12 and gif2png_2.5.2-1 on Debian GNU/Linux, truncates a GIF pathname specified on the command line, which might allow remote attackers to create PNG files in unintended directories via a crafted command-line argument, as demonstrated by a CGI program that launches gif2png, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-5018.

References (8)

Core 8

Core References

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-15.xml

Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm

http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patch?root=extras&r1=1.1&r2=1.2

Exploit x_refsource_misc

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547515

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64819

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patch?root=extras&view=log

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550978

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45920

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051229.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0244

EPSS Percentile 82.4%

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (2)

catb/gif2png 2.5.1

catb/gif2png 2.5.2

Published Jan 14, 2011

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026