CVE-2009-5018

Summary

CVECVE-2009-5018
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-01-14 17:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-17 01:31:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in gif2png.c in gif2png 2.5.3 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command-line argument, as demonstrated by a CGI program that launches gif2png.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Catb Gif2png 0.99 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 1.0.0 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 1.1.0 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 1.1.1 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 1.2.0 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 1.2.1 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 1.2.2 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.0.0 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.0.1 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.0.2 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.0.3 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.1.1 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.1.2 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.1.3 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.2.0 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.2.1 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.2.2 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.2.3 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.2.4 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.2.5 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.3.0 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.3.1 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.3.2 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.3.3 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.4.0 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.4.1 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.4.2 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.4.3 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.4.4 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.4.5 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.4.6 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.4.7 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.5.0 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.5.1 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.5.2 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 0.99 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 1.0.0 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 1.1.0 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 1.1.1 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 1.2.0 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 1.2.1 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 1.2.2 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.0.0 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.0.1 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.0.2 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.0.3 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.1.1 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.1.2 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.1.3 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.2.0 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.2.1 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.2.2 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.2.3 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.2.4 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.2.5 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.3.0 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.3.1 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.3.2 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.3.3 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.4.0 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.4.1 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.4.2 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.4.3 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.4.4 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.4.5 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.4.6 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.4.7 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.5.0 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.5.1 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png 2.5.2 All All All
Application Catb Gif2png All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: gif2png: command-line buffer overflow problem MLIST openwall.com Patch
[Full-Disclosure] Mailing List Charter FULLDISC lists.grok.org.uk Patch
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- gif2png: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code GENTOO security.gentoo.org
oss-security - CVE Request: gif2png: command-line buffer overflow problem MLIST openwall.com Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:009 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Gentoo update for gif2png - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: gif2png: command-line buffer overflow problem MLIST openwall.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
547515 – (CVE-2009-5018, CVE-2010-4694, CVE-2010-4695) CVE-2009-5018 CVE-2010-4694, CVE-2010-4695 gif2png: command-line buffer overflow problem CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
gif2png Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
#550978 - gif2png: Command line buffer overflow - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: gif2png-2.5.1-1202.fc12 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Patch
Bug 346501 – <media-gfx/gif2png-2.5.1-r1: Command Line Stack Overflow (CVE-2009-5018) CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org
cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patch CONFIRM cvs.fedoraproject.org Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: gif2png: command-line buffer overflow problem MLIST openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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