PT-2016-5788 · Giflib+2 · Giflib+2

Eric S. Raymond · Published 2016-04-21 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-3977

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions giflib version 5.1.2

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the util/gif2rgb.c file of the gif2rgb component in giflib. This can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically an application crash, by manipulating the background color index in a GIF file.

Recommendations For giflib version 5.1.2, update to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-3977

MGASA-2016-0399

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_1565-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10016-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1139-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1140-1

SUSE-SU-2016_1139-1

SUSE-SU-2016_1140-1

SUSE-SU-2022:1565-1

SUSE-SU-2022_1565-1

SUSE-SU-2023:1970-2

SUSE-SU-2023_1970-2

USN-4107-1

Affected Products

Suse

Ubuntu

Giflib

References · 43

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0399 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:1140-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10016-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3977 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4107-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0399.html · Security Note
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4107-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00019.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00079.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3977 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15133 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:1565-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3977 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11490 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00084.html · Vendor Advisory