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CVE-2016-3977

Date: April 21, 2016

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.

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (12)

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00079.html

Url: https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/bugs/87/

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00084.html

Url: http://bugs.fi/fuzzing/index.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1325771

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88103

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00019.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3977

Url: https://sourceforge.net/p/giflib/code/ci/ea8dbc5786862a3e16a5acfa3d24e2c2f608cd88/

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4107-1/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3977

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-3977

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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