PT-2018-10606 · Giflib · Giflib

Published 2018-05-26 · Updated 2021-03-15 · CVE-2018-11489

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GIFLIB versions 3.0.x

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the DGifDecompressLine function, which can lead to a denial of service or possibly other unspecified impacts. This occurs because a certain CrntCode array index is not checked.

Recommendations For GIFLIB versions 3.0.x, consider applying a patch that checks the CrntCode array index to prevent the heap-based buffer overflow. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Improper Validation of Array Index

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-129

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-11489

Affected Products

Giflib

References · 10

• 🔥 https://github.com/pts/sam2p/issues/37 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11489 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11489 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11489 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11489 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11489 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11489 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11489 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104341 · Note