CVE-2016-3977

MEDIUM

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.

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/

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

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-04-21

Updated: 2018-10-30

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: MEDIUM