CVE-2007-6697

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-6697
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-02-01 20:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sdl Sdl Image All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ubuntu update for sdl-image - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Mandriva update for SDL_image - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rPath update for SDL_image - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo update for sdl-image - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SDL_image: Two buffer overflow vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
vexillium af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 vexillium.org Exploit
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Fedora update for SDL_image - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian update for sdl-image1.2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1493-2 sdl-image1.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Gentoo Bug 207933 - media-libs/sdl-image-1.2.6: two Buffer overflows LWZReadByte() and IMG_LoadLBM_RW() (CVE-2007-6697, CVE-2008-0544) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: SDL_image-1.2.5-7.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Simple DirectMedia Layer af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.libsdl.org Exploit
'SDL_Image 1.2.6 and prior GIF handling buffer overflow' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Exploit
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0061 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2206 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: SDL_image-1.2.6-5.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SDL_image Two Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:040 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Simple DirectMedia Layer af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.libsdl.org Patch
SDL_image Invalid GIF File LWZ Minimum Code Size Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-595-1: SDL_image vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
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