CVE-2016-3977

MEDIUM

giflib 5.1.2 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

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)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0097
EPSS Percentile 76.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-119
Status draft

Affected Products (2)

opensuse/opensuse
giflib_project/giflib < 5.1.2

Timeline

Published Apr 21, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026