CVE-2005-2974

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-2974
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-11-04 00:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionlibungif library before 4.1.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted GIF file that triggers a null dereference.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libungif Libungif 4.1.3 All All All
Application Libungif Libungif All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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Fedora update for giflib - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: giflib-4.1.3-10.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Advisory: libungif af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
SourceForge.net: giflib -- A library for processing GIFs: Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Libungif Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-007.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 scary.beasts.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-890-1 libungif4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
USN-214-1: libungif vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntulinux.org
Advisory: libungif af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - libungif GIF File Handling Two Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for libungif af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Bug 109997 - media-libs/giflib: buffer overflow / null pointer deref af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA34872 - Red Hat update for giflib - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
171413 – CVE-2005-2974 Several libungif issues (CVE-2005-3350) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- giflib: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for libungif4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for libungif af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - libungif NULL Pointer Dereference and Memory Access Error May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux OS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for libungif af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
giflib GIF File Handling Two Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
www.osvdb.org/20470 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Gentoo update for giflib - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for libungif af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2005-2974 MITRE access.redhat.com
494826 – (CVE-2005-2974) CVE-2005-2974 giflib/libunfig: NULL pointer dereference crash MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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