VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-45972
The giftrans function in giftrans 1.12.2 contains a stack-based buffer overflow because a value inside the input file determines the amount of data to write.
HIGH 7.1EPSS 0.96%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.96%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The giftrans function in giftrans 1.12.2 contains a stack-based buffer overflow because a value inside the input file determines the amount of data to write. This allows an attacker to overwrite up to 250 bytes outside of the allocated buffer with arbitrary data.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.96% probability · 60th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1284
- Affected
- giftrans project/giftrans · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://web.archive.org/web/20150801185019/Broken Link
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1002739Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.abdn.ac.uk/tools/ibmpc/giftrans/index.htiBroken Link
- http://web.archive.org/web/20150801185019/Broken Link
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1002739Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.abdn.ac.uk/tools/ibmpc/giftrans/index.htiBroken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.