PT-2020-7892 · Libnsgif · Libnsgif

Hans Jerry Illikainen · Published 2020-02-18 · Updated 2020-02-26 · CVE-2015-7506

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Libnsgif version 0.1.2

Description: The issue allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an out-of-bounds read and application crash, via a crafted LZW stream in a GIF file.

Recommendations: For Libnsgif version 0.1.2, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as no specific fix is provided for this version. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-7506

Affected Products

Libnsgif

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7506 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7506 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7506 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-7506 · Vendor Advisory
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Dec/70 · Note