Vulnerability CVE-2015-7555
Published: 2016-04-13

Description:
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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
giflib 5.1.1 heap overflow
Hans Jerry Illik...
22.12.2015

Type:

CWE-119

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

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Giflib project -> Giflib 
Fedoraproject -> Fedora 

 References:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174876.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135034/giflib-5.1.1-Heap-Overflow.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Dec/83
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023474
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537171/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81697
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035331
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01
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