CVE-2011-2896

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-2896
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-08-19 17:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe LZW decompressor in the LWZReadByte function in giftoppm.c in the David Koblas GIF decoder in PBMPLUS, as used in the gif_read_lzw function in filter/image-gif.c in CUPS before 1.4.7, the LZWReadByte function in plug-ins/common/file-gif-load.c in GIMP 2.6.11 and earlier, the LZWReadByte function in img/gifread.c in XPCE in SWI-Prolog 5.10.4 and earlier, and other products, does not properly handle code words that are absent from the decompression table when encountered, which allows remote attackers to trigger an infinite loop or a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a crafted compressed stream, a related issue to CVE-2006-1168 and CVE-2011-2895.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-787 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apple Cups All All All All
Application Gimp Gimp All All All All
Application Swi-prolog Swi-prolog All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: pl-5.7.11-7.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: cups-1.4.8-2.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2426-1 gimp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) Buffer Overflow in Processing GIF Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2354-1 cups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Bug 727800 – CVE-2011-2896 David Koblas' GIF decoder LZW decoder buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for cups - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Ubuntu update for cups - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GIMP: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:167 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
oss-security - LZW decompression issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: pl-5.10.2-5.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: cups-1.5.0-6.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
USN-1214-1: GIMP vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA48236 - Debian update for gimp - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
gimp - GNU Image Manipulation Program af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Bug 7 – GIF LZW decoder buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.swi-prolog.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
SWI-Prolog XPCE Component "LZWReadByte()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
USN-1207-1: CUPS vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
cups: gif reader infinite loop and heap buffer overflow · Issue #3867 · apple/cups · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cups.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:146 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: cups-1.4.8-2.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: pl-5.10.2-5.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
GIMP GIF Image Parsing 'LZWReadByte()' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 730338 – CVE-2011-2896 David Koblas' GIF decoder LZW decoder buffer overflow [fedora-all] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for pl - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
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