CVE-2015-7555

MEDIUM

giflib < 5.1.1 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow via Crafted GIF File

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (8)

Core 8

Core References

Exploit x_refsource_misc

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135034/giflib-5.1.1-Heap-Overflow.html

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023474

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174876.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537171/100/0/threaded

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035331

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81697

Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Dec/83

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0148

EPSS Percentile 70.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (2)

fedoraproject/fedora 22

giflib_project/giflib < 5.1.1

Published Apr 13, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026