Vulnerability CVE-2007-6697
Published: 2008-02-01   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Buffer overflow in the LWZReadByte function in IMG_gif.c in SDL_image before 1.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF file, a similar issue to CVE-2006-4484. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
SDL -> Sdl image 

 References:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207933
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120110205511630&w=2
http://vexillium.org/?sec-sdlgif
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0061
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1493
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200802-01.xml
http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/viewvc.cgi/trunk/SDL_image/CHANGES?revision=3462&view=markup
http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/viewvc.cgi/trunk/SDL_image/IMG_gif.c?r1=2970&r2=3462
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:040
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488079/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27417
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-595-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0266
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39865
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2206
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00008.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00039.html
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