CVE-2007-5137

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-5137
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-09-28 21:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the ReadImage function in generic/tkImgGIF.c in Tcl (Tcl/Tk) 8.4.13 through 8.4.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multi-frame interlaced GIF files in which later frames are smaller than the first. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect patch for CVE-2007-5378.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4.13 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4.14 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4.15 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: tk-8.4.13-6.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDKSA-2007:200 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Gentoo update for tk - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ubuntu update for tk - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Tk GIF Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Mandriva update for tk - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for tk - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1743-1 libtk-img af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Gentoo Bug 192539 - dev-lang/tk < 8.4.15-r1 GIF ReadImage() Buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2007-5137) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
SourceForge.net: Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Patch
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Tk: Buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Debian update for libtk-img - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-529-1: Tk vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Tcl/Tk ReadImage Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat update for tk - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[VIM] clarification on multiple Tk overflow issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.attrition.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-10-09Mark J CoxRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-5137 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

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