VDB
GHSA-6rpw-2w6h-fv58
GHSA-6rpw-2w6h-fv58
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022
Heap-based buffer overflow in giffix.c in giffix in giflib 5.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) via crafted image and logical screen width fields in a GIF file.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- May 14, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7555 advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135034/giflib-5.1.1-Heap-Overflow.html url
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023474 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537171/100/0/threaded url
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035331 url
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 url
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Dec/83 url
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174876.html url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81697 url