VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-3977
Heap-based buffer overflow in util/gif2rgb.c in gif2rgb in giflib 5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via the background color index in a GIF file.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 2.11%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.11%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in util/gif2rgb.c in gif2rgb in giflib 5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via the background color index in a GIF file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.11% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- opensuse/opensuse · giflib project/giflib
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.fi/fuzzing/index.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00079.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00084.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00019.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88103
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1325771
- https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/87/Patch
- https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/code/ci/ea8dbc5786862a3e16a5acfa3d24e2c2f608cd88/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4107-1/
- http://bugs.fi/fuzzing/index.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00079.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00084.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00019.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88103
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1325771
- https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/87/Patch
- https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/code/ci/ea8dbc5786862a3e16a5acfa3d24e2c2f608cd88/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4107-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.