Vulnerability CVE-2017-18120


Published: 2018-02-02

Description:
A double-free bug in the read_gif function in gifread.c in gifsicle 1.90 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack or unspecified other impact via a maliciously crafted file, because last_name is mishandled, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-1000421.

Type:

CWE-415

(Double Free)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Gifsicle project -> Gifsicle 

 References:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=878739
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881120
https://github.com/kohler/gifsicle/commit/118a46090c50829dc543179019e6140e1235f909
https://github.com/kohler/gifsicle/issues/117

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