CVE-2016-3977

MEDIUM

giflib 5.1.2 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88103
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00084.html
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/87/
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00079.html
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://bugs.fi/fuzzing/index.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00019.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1325771
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4107-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0073
EPSS Percentile 72.8%
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)
giflib_project/giflib < 5.1.2
opensuse/opensuse 13.2
Published Apr 21, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026