VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-5018
Stack-based buffer overflow in gif2png.c in gif2png 2.5.3 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command-line argument, as demonstrated by a CGI program that launches gif2png.
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 10.9%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.9%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in gif2png.c in gif2png 2.5.3 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command-line argument, as demonstrated by a CGI program that launches gif2png.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 10.90% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- catb/gif2png
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550978Patch
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=346501
- http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patch?root=extras&view=logPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051229.htmlPatch
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2009-December/072009.htmlPatch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/21/1Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/1Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/12
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42796Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-01.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:009
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41801
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3036Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0023Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0107
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547515Exploit, Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64820
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550978Patch
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=346501
- http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patch?root=extras&view=logPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051229.htmlPatch
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2009-December/072009.htmlPatch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/21/1Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/1Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/12
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42796Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-01.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:009
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.