PT-2018-6685 · Gifsicle+2 · Gifsicle+2

Hpfnop · Published 2018-02-02 · Updated 2024-03-13 · CVE-2017-18120

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: gifsicle version 1.90

Description: A double-free bug in the read gif function in gifread.c allows a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or unspecified other impact via a maliciously crafted file, because last name is mishandled.

Recommendations: For version 1.90, update to a version that fixes the double-free bug in the read gif function to prevent potential denial-of-service attacks or other impacts.

Fix

DoS

Double Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-415

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-3169

ALT-PU-2022-2491

ALT-PU-2024-3605

CVE-2017-18120

MGASA-2018-0280

USN-4803-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Ubuntu

Gifsicle

References · 19

• https://github.com/kohler/gifsicle/commit/118a46090c50829dc543179019e6140e1235f909 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-18120 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4803-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18120 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0280 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4803-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000421 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18120 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/BGGLSEKCDM2OZ67XRI7KOASI4G7PRUX2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18120 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18120 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0280.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18120 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18120 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/kohler/gifsicle/issues/117 · Note